# Incident 19970121002689I: Cessna 320, Panama City, FL, January 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1997, 13:30 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama City-Bay County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2121° N, 85.6828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Panama City-Bay Co International Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2121&lon=-85.6828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56VP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56VP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320 (registry code 2074502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,297 total, 175 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/19970121002689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ACTUATED GEAR DOWN. GEAR IN MIRROR. FLAPS FAILED EXTEND. GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING. ELECTRIC POWER LOSS

## Other reports on N56VP (1)

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

- [Accident 20100918046849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100918046849A), Sep 18, 2010: Cessna 320 (N56VP), Denton, TX, Substantial damage. Push-pull rod leading to nose gear buckled resulting in nose gear failing to lock down. Nose gear folded on landing.

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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