# Incident 19951113043089I: Cessna 320D, San Diego, CA, November 13, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1995, 11:02 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4106T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4106T-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951113043089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 11/13/95, CESSNA AIRCRAFT, MODEL 320, N4106T DEPARTED MYF ON A LOCAL PILOT PROFICIENCY FLIGHT. RETURNING TO MYF ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23, THE PILOT STATES THAT SELECTING GEAR-DOWN, RESULTED IN A LOUD POP AND UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT INDICATION. MYF ATCT PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TRAILED BACK 45 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE GEAR UP, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO PIC OR CO-PILOT. EXAMINATION REVEALED A FAILED NOSE GEAR RETRACT/EXTEND LINKAGE. THE CAUSAL FACTOR OF LINKAGE FAILURE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND WILL BE REPORTED ON FAA FORM 8010-4, MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION OR A NMAC.

## Other reports on N4106T (2)

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

- [Incident 20050516010039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050516010039I), May 16, 2005: Cessna 320D (N4106T), Bakersfield, CA. (-23) At approximately 1840 UTC (1140 PDT), N4106T, a Cessna CE-320, was climbing from 11,000 MSL to 13,000 MSL in compliance with an ATC IFR clearance,…
- [Accident 19760415008879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760415008879A), Apr 15, 1976: Cessna 320D (N4106T), Granbury, TX, Substantial damage

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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