# Accident 19780727025299A: Cessna 320D, Mammoth Lakes, CA, July 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1978
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport: Mammoth Lakes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.6244° N, 118.9884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mammoth Lakes, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6244&lon=-118.9884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6152Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6152Q-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320F (registry code 2074516, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 303 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DXQ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DXQ38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780727025299A

## Narrative

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

RT GEAR TORQUE TUBE PIVOT ARM ATTACH RIVETS SHEARED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK78DXQ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DXQ38), Jul 27, 1978: Cessna 320 (N6152Q), Mammoth Lakes, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6152Q (3)

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

- [Incident 19971030041999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971030041999I), Oct 30, 1997: Cessna 320F (N6152Q), Amarillo, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: the aircraft nose landing gear failed to extend for landing. Aircraft landed on mains and the nose. The bottom of the nose was damaged along with…
- [Incident 19901102055179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901102055179I), Nov 2, 1990: Cessna 320F (N6152Q), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Unable to extend nose gear. Landed nose gear up. Damaged propeller and nose.
- [Incident 19881108058619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881108058619I), Nov 8, 1988: Cessna 320 (N6152Q), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Unable to lower the nose gear. Landed with nose gear up. Minor damage. Found the nose gear actuator bar broken.

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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