# Incident 20020803022049I: Cessna 320D, El Cajon, CA, August 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2002, 14:45 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320F-2022-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020803022049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 3, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1335 PST, N320F, A CESSNA CE-C320, SUSTAINED A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR DURING LANDING AT GILLESPIE FIELD, EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING, THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, INDICATING AN UNSAFE GEAR CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT PATRICK R. TYLL UNDER FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT TUBE ASSEMBLY P/N 0842120-1 HAD OCCURRED; THEREFORE, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND AND LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT, FAA FORM 8011-4, WAS SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO A NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION.

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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