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Date
March 31, 2005 · 15:30 local
Place
Gainesville, FL
Airport
Gainesville Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5348A
Reported as
Cessna 320C
Reported engine
Continental O470*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total300 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Pilot could not obtain gear safe indications for landing. Manual extension was not successful. Flyby of airport revealed that gear was part way down. After touchdown, main gear collapsed and a/c slid to stop on runway.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT COULD NOT OBTAIN GEAR SAFE INDICATIONS FOR LANDING. MANUAL EXTENSION WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. FLYBY OF AIRPORT REVEALED THAT GEAR WAS PART WAY DOWN. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND A/C SLID TO STOP ON RUNWAY.