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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 320 · Jackson, WY · May 27, 1988

Date
May 27, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place
Jackson, WY
Airport
Jackson Hole
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N455FC
Reported as
Cessna 320
Reported engine
Continental TSIO470B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,061 total1,541 in this make and model11 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.

Loud snap when gear retracted. Unable to retract nose gear. Landed with nose gear partly extended. Had faulty strut

As the FAA filed it

LOUD SNAP WHEN GEAR RETRACTED. UNABLE TO RETRACT NOSE GEAR. LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR PARTLY EXTENDED. HAD FAULTY STRUT