# Incident 19971030041999I: Cessna 320F, Amarillo, TX, October 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1997, 21:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6152Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6152Q-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320F (registry code 2074516, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,356 total, 600 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971030041999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND FOR LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON MAINS AND THE NOSE. THE BOTTOM OF THE NOSE WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD FAILED. ROD DAMAGE APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N6152Q (3)

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

- [Incident 19901102055179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901102055179I), Nov 2, 1990: Cessna 320F (N6152Q), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Unable to extend nose gear. Landed nose gear up. Damaged propeller and nose.
- [Incident 19881108058619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881108058619I), Nov 8, 1988: Cessna 320 (N6152Q), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Unable to lower the nose gear. Landed with nose gear up. Minor damage. Found the nose gear actuator bar broken.
- [Accident 19780727025299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780727025299A), Jul 27, 1978: Cessna 320D (N6152Q), Mammoth Lakes, CA, Substantial damage. Rt gear torque tube pivot arm attach rivets sheared.

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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