# Incident 19800922070679I: Cessna 320E, Aspen, CO, September 22, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1980, 19:28 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Sardy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1952° N, 106.8368° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aspen, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1952&lon=-106.8368&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3419Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3419Q-2016-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,392 total, 485 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/19800922070679I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FOR LANDING DUE TO BENT EXTENSION ROD NO CAUSE FOUND.

## Other reports on N3419Q (3)

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

- [Incident 19890204008469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890204008469I), Feb 4, 1989: Cessna 320E (N3419Q), Great Barringto, MA, Minor damage. Forgot to put landing gear down and landed with gear up. Minor damage to aircraft.
- [Incident 19810826070209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810826070209I), Aug 26, 1981: Cessna 320E (N3419Q), Aspen, CO, Minor damage. Za noise when nose gear extended. Unsafe indication. Collapsed during landing. Retraction mechanism broken.
- [Incident 19810202017239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810202017239I), Feb 2, 1981: Cessna 320 (N3419Q), Mansfield, OH, Minor damage. Nose gear folded upon landing due to drive assembly failure.

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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