# Incident 19951107040889I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Paducah, KY, November 7, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1995, 17:20 local time
- Place: Paducah, KY
- Airport: Barkley Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0603° N, 88.7730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARKLEY RGNL (PAH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0603&lon=-88.7730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24EC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24EC-2026-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 480 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951107040889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: -ON 11-07-95, A CESSNA MODEL-340 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING, AT THE PADUCAH REG. AIRPORT, KY (PAH). THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A FAR 91 FLIGHT BY GARY EELMAN IN THE PADUCAH, KY AREA. --THE PILOT STATED AFTER ABOUT A 45 MINUTE FLIGHT. HE PREPARED FOR LANDING AND WHEN EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. HE COULD SEE THROUGH THE INSPECTION MIRROR, THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES TO NO AVAIL. HE DECLARED INFLIGHT EMERGENCY TO THE PADUCAH ATCT AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY NOSE GEAR UP LANDING. --THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO BOTTOM SKIN OF THE FRONT RADOME SECTION, THE RIGHT AND LEFT PROPELLERS. --INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED, THE NOSE GEAR DOOR LINKAGE DISENGAGED, JAMMING THE NOSE GEAR ASSY. IN THE UP POSITION, NOT ALLOWING THE GEAR TO EXTEND.

## Other reports on N24EC (1)

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

- [Incident 19951002042969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951002042969I), Oct 2, 1995: Cessna 340CESSNA (N24EC), Doylestown, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: during landing torque tube on right main landing gear broke and right main gear retracted slowly on rollout. Right propeller, flap, and wing tip…

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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