# Incident 19990610022099I: Cessna 320B, Saint George, UT, June 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1999, 11:10 local time
- Place: Saint George, UT
- Airport: Saint George Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0364° N, 113.5103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST GEORGE RGNL (SGU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0364&lon=-113.5103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9840L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9840L-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320B (registry code 2074508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 780 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990610022099I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 10TH, 1999 AT 1110 AM MDT, MR. DAN HOWARD LANDED HIS CESSNA 320B, N9840L, AT THE ST. GEORGE AIRPORT (SGU). MR HOWARD REPORTED THE LANDING AS NORMAL.  DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SEVERE SHIMMY IN THE NOSE GEAR.  SHORTLY AFTER THE SHIMMY BEGAN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE TWO ROTATING PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THEM, AND THE POWERPLANTS.  THE FOWARD LOWER SKINS, AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT FORMER ASSEMBLIES WERE ALSO DAMAGED FROM THE COLLAPSED GEAR.  AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE HAD FAILED "SNAPPED" ON BOTH ENDS AT THE BOLT HOLES.  AN M&D HAS BEEN INITIATED.

## Other reports on N9840L (1)

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

- [Incident 19780609045119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780609045119I), Jun 9, 1978: Cessna 320 (N9840L), Compton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot unable to get a gear safe light, nose gear collapsed. Nose torque tube linkage had been misrigged.

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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