19940124000489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 320D · Greer, SC · January 24, 1994

Date
January 24, 1994 · 12:07 local
Place
Greer, SC
Airport
Greenville-Spartanburg
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4150T
Reported as
Cessna 320D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total100 in this make and model120 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.

Narrative: on January 24, 1994, at about 12:07 eastern standard time, a Cessna 320D, N4150T, operated by moxie town inc. experienced a gear up landing at Greenville-Spartanburg regional airport (gsp), Greenville, south carolina. The pilot, charles francis gawell, and three passengers were not injured, while the airplane sustained minor damage. The pilot reported he heard a loud bang come from the nose landing gear area of N4150T during gear retraction. Examination of the landing gear system revealed the nose gear jammed in the wheel well by landing gear doors. Further examination revealed the nose gear door retraction linkage was disconnected at the door attachment fittings. Aircraft flight and maintenance records indicate that this was the first flight of N4150T since the removal, on January 14, 1994, of an oxygen bottle mounted in the nose wheel well.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 24, 1994, AT ABOUT 12:07 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 320D, N4150T, OPERATED BY MOXIE TOWN INC. EXPERIENCED A GEAR UP LANDING AT GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT (GSP), GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PILOT, CHARLES FRANCIS GAWELL, AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED, WHILE THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT REPORTED HE HEARD A LOUD BANG COME FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA OF N4150T DURING GEAR RETRACTION. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR JAMMED IN THE WHEEL WELL BY LANDING GEAR DOORS. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR DOOR RETRACTION LINKAGE WAS DISCONNECTED AT THE DOOR ATTACHMENT FITTINGS. AIRCRAFT FLIGHT AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATE THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF N4150T SINCE THE REMOVAL, ON JANUARY 14, 1994, OF AN OXYGEN BOTTLE MOUNTED IN THE NOSE WHEEL WELL.