# Accident 19790607012379A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Manhattan, KS, June 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1979, 18:30 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1883° N, 96.6059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manhattan, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1883&lon=-96.6059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N512SK-1994-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 1,920 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790607012379A

## Narrative

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

GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP. MAIN GEAR BOX JAMMED. IMPROPERLY INSTALLED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N512SK (2)

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

- [Accident 19940304003489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940304003489A), Mar 4, 1994: Cessna 340CESSNA (N512SK), Westhampton Bea, NY, Destroyed, 2 fatal. ILS to runway 24 then tried to circle to land on 20. In and out of clouds. Stalled turning final. Ice on aircraft.
- [Incident 19930315011279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930315011279I), Mar 15, 1993: Cessna 340CESSNA (N512SK), Hot Springs, AR. Right engine failed in flight. Landed at destination. Rod in right engine had failed.

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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