# Incident 19980312012909I: Cessna 320A, Philadelphia, PA, March 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1998, 11:30 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0819° N, 75.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (PNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0819&lon=-75.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3038R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3038R-2000-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320A (registry code 2074506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,796 total, 2,325 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980312012909I

## Narrative

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

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 19980701029429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980701029429I), Jul 1, 1998: Cessna 320A (N3038R), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Upon 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…

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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