# Incident 19791123046949I: Cessna 320D, West Columbia, SC, November 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1979, 17:50 local time
- Place: West Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9388° N, 81.1195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA METRO (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9388&lon=-81.1195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120GC-2015-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 75 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/19791123046949I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING. HEARD WARNING HORN. APPLIED POWER, STRUCK RUNWAY WITH PROP TIPS. WENT AROUND.

## Other reports on N120GC (2)

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

- [Incident 20081119851329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081119851329I), Nov 19, 2008: Cessna 320D (N120GC), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On 11/19/2008, N120GC, CE-320D, landed gear up. Pilot reported that he experienced an electrical failure, tried to extend gear manually but had no…
- [Incident 20060812015149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060812015149I), Aug 12, 2006: Cessna 320D (N120GC), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) After takeoff from David Wayne Hooks airport for some routine touch and go's, the pilot, during his downwind leg, noticed he had a red gear unsafe light…

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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