# Incident 19990330018459I: Cessna 320E, Livermore, CA, March 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320SK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N320SK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,100 total, 400 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/19990330018459I

## Narrative

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

(-5) LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED FOR LANDING. NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. PIC ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES, BOTH MECHANICALLY AND MANUALLY, TO LOWER LANDING GEAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET A GREEN INDICATION LIGHT. PILOT MADE SEVERAL PASSES OVER (LVK) RUNWAY WHILE CONTROL TOWER OBSERVED NOSE LANDING GEAR FOR DOWN POSITION. AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT IN THE LOCKED POSITION, PILOT MADE FORCED LANDING ON RUNWAY 25R. AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON MAIN LANDING GEAR AND DROPPED ON ITS NOSE RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLER.

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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