19840105015359I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Milwaukee, WI · January 5, 1984

Date
January 5, 1984 · 09:10 local
Place
Milwaukee, WI
Airport
General Mitchell
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2671X
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520NB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total1,100 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Took off with a tow bar attached to the nose gear. Jammed the nose gear door. Landed with nose gear up.

As the FAA filed it

TOOK OFF WITH A TOW BAR ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR. JAMMED THE NOSE GEAR DOOR. LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UP.