# Incident 19960911036429I: Cessna 320E, San Diego, CA, September 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1996, 18:20 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: N3439Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3439Q-2022-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,100 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/19960911036429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1720 HOURS PST, DANIEL W. ALLEN LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 AT THE MONTGOMERY AIRPORT, SAN DIEGO, CA IN N2439Q, A CESSNA 320E. UPON LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND TO DOWN AND LOCKED. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. ALLEN, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED; NO FIRE RESULTED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TORQUE TUBE UP-LOCK FAILED (P/N 0813300-122.) PILOT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY FIVE FLIGHTS PRIOR, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED. MAINTENANCE COULD FIND NO DISCREPANCIES. FAA DUTY OFFICER/NTSB NOTIFIED. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A NMAC OR A PILOT DEVIATION.

## Other reports on N3439Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20001227024999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001227024999I), Dec 27, 2000: Cessna 320E (N3439Q), Paso Robles, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed without extending the landing gear.
- [Incident 19790422024689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790422024689I), Apr 22, 1979: Cessna 320E (N3439Q), Blakely Island, WA, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed after short field landing. Side brace lock broken. PN0841100-4.

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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