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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 320A · Philadelphia, PA · March 12, 1998

Date: March 12, 1998 · 11:30 local
Place: Philadelphia, PA
Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3038R
Reported as: Cessna 320A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,796 total2,325 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N3038RRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2000 · Cessna 320AS/N 320A0038 Airframe modelCessna 320A

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: after about 1 hour of flight I heard a bang and felt bump from floor board. I could then see nose tire partially hanging out of gear door via inspection mirror on left engine nacelle. Nose gear could not be retracted or extended by conventional or emergency procedures. So a nose gear up landing was made. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER ABOUT 1 HOUR OF FLIGHT I HEARD A BANG AND FELT BUMP FROM FLOOR BOARD. I COULD THEN SEE NOSE TIRE PARTIALLY HANGING OUT OF GEAR DOOR VIA INSPECTION MIRROR ON LEFT ENGINE NACELLE. NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE RETRACTED OR EXTENDED BY CONVENTIONAL OR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. SO A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N3038R · 1

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

Incident 19980701029429ILevel Off Touchdown · Philadelphia, PAUpon takeoff from pne, during landing gear retraction, the pilot heard a loud noise and was unable to get a gear up light indication. A visual check revealed the nose gear was only up partially. Pilot attempted to crank the gear back down without success.…Jul 1, 1998 · Minor damage