# Incident 19890308023289I: Cessna 320E, Philadelphia, PA, March 8, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1989, 12:30 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0819° N, 75.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (PNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0819&lon=-75.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3472Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3472Q-1996-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890308023289I

## Narrative

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

NOISE ON GEAR RETRACTION. NO GEAR UP OR DOWN SAFE LIGHT. LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UNLOCKED. IDLER BELL CRANK BROKE.

## Other reports on N3472Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19940528012779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940528012779A), May 28, 1994: Cessna 320E (N3472Q), Battle Mountain, NV, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Observed low level maneuvers in Mountain area. Heard impact. Mineral survey flight. Became boxed in box canyon.
- [Accident 19760930035649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760930035649A), Sep 30, 1976: Cessna 320E (N3472Q), Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage. Nose gr not locked due malf uplock hook.

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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