# Incident 20020617014679I: Cessna 320, Anderson, SC, June 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2002, 15:19 local time
- Place: Anderson, SC
- Airport: Anderson County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4946° N, 82.7094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANDERSON RGNL (AND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4946&lon=-82.7094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320 (registry code 2074502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020617014679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ON LANDING. POP WAS HEARD UNDER FLOOR OF COCKPIT WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. NO INJURY OR FIRE. MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE RADAR DOME, NOSE GEAR DOORS BOTH PROPELLERS SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF NOSE WHEEL WELL, NOSE GEAR LINKAGE AND STRUCTURE REVEALED NO DAMAGE OR FAILURES. REMOVED CABIN FLOOR AND INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR LINKAGE REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION TUBE ASSY. ROD END (P/N 0842120-1) FAILED AT THE FORWARD ATTACH POINT TO THE IDLER BELLCRANK (P/N 0842102-2). NO OTHER DAMAGE DISCOVERED.

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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