# Incident 19780609045119I: Cessna 320, Compton, CA, June 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1978, 22:50 local time
- Place: Compton, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8940° N, 118.2275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Compton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8940&lon=-118.2275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9840L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9840L-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320B (registry code 2074508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 715 total, 502 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780609045119I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT UNABLE TO GET A GEAR SAFE LIGHT, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NOSE TORQUE TUBE LINKAGE HAD BEEN MISRIGGED.

## Other reports on N9840L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990610022099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990610022099I), Jun 10, 1999: Cessna 320B (N9840L), Saint George, UT, Minor damage. On June 10th, 1999 at 1110 am MDT, Mr. Dan howard landed his Cessna 320B, N9840L, at the st. George airport (sgu). Mr howard reported the landing as normal.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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