# Incident 19820517057159I: Cessna 320, Wilmington, DE, May 17, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1982, 22:09 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: Greater Wilmingto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7357&lon=-75.5321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3442Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3442Q-2013-04-02) (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: 2,050 total, 150 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/19820517057159I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR JAMMED ON EXTENDING GEAR FOR LANDING. DAMAGED GEAR DOORS LANDING. LOOSE CONTROL ROD JAM NUT.

## Other reports on N3442Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19820923063069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820923063069I), Sep 23, 1982: Cessna 320C (N3442Q), Wilmington, DE, Minor damage. Nose gear failed to extend. Landed with nose gear partly extended. Four prior nose gear incidents, different causes
- [Incident 19820117000489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820117000489I), Jan 17, 1982: Cessna 320 (N3442Q), Wilmington, DE, Minor damage. Loud bang on takeoff. Suspected nose gear defect. Landed nose gear partly extended. Defect in retract linkage.

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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