# Incident 19810202017239I: Cessna 320, Mansfield, OH, February 2, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1981, 12:59 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&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 320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,425 total, 600 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/19810202017239I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR FOLDED UPON LANDING DUE TO DRIVE ASSEMBLY FAILURE.

## 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 19800922070679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800922070679I), Sep 22, 1980: Cessna 320E (N3419Q), Aspen, CO, Minor damage. Nose gear would not extend for landing due to bent extension rod no cause found.

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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