# Incident 20001203038269I: Cessna 320E, Toms River, NJ, December 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2000, 12:40 local time
- Place: Toms River, NJ
- Airport: Robert J Miller Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9537° N, 74.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toms River, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9537&lon=-74.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3452Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3452Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001203038269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF AND GEAR RETRACTION, PILOT STATED HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND CRUNCHING NOISE COMING FROM THE NOSE AREA. HE FLEW AROUND TO BURN FUEL AND TO COLLECT HIS THOUGHTS. HE ELECTED TO GO TO MILLER AIRPARK BECAUSE HIS AIRPLANE IS MAINTAINED THERE. WHEN HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HE GOT GREEN INDICATIONS ON THE MAINS BUT NOT THE NOSE GEAR. HE LANDED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME AND DID HAVE TWO PROP STRIKES. UPON RAISING THE NOSE AND INVESTIGATING IT COULD BE DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR LINKAGE HAD FAILED THEREFORE NOT ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND. AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FROM THIS OFFICE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. FILING THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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