# Incident 20060812015149I: Cessna 320D, Houston, TX, August 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2006, 14:35 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120GC-2015-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 825 total, 106 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060812015149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF FROM DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT FOR SOME ROUTINE TOUCH AND GO'S, THE PILOT, DURING HIS DOWNWIND LEG, NOTICED HE HAD A RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING. HE ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. HE THEN CHECKED HIS CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND FOUND THE GEAR BREAKER POPPED. HE RESET AND RECYCLED AND ACHIEVED A GREEN DOWN LIGHT. AFTER A TOUCH AND GO HE SELECTED GEAR UP AND HEARD A LOUD POP. HE LOWERED THE GEAR BUT COULD NOT ACHIEVE A SAFE GEAR LIGHT. AFTER CONFIRMATION FROM THE TOWER AND FELLOW PILOTS, OF GEAR BACK ANGLE AND DOOR CLOSED POSITION, SEVERAL FLIGHT MANEUVER ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LOCK THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE GEAR, GEAR DOORS, PROPELLERS, AND NOSE STRUCTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE ADJUSTABLE BELLCRANK IN THE NOSE GEAR WELL HAD BROKEN, THAT BOTH GEAR DOOR ACTUATING RODS WERE UNATTACHED, AND THE TIRE MARKS WERE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE RIGHT HAND GEAR DOOR.

## Other reports on N120GC (2)

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

- [Incident 20081119851329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081119851329I), Nov 19, 2008: Cessna 320D (N120GC), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On 11/19/2008, N120GC, CE-320D, landed gear up. Pilot reported that he experienced an electrical failure, tried to extend gear manually but had no…
- [Incident 19791123046949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791123046949I), Nov 23, 1979: Cessna 320D (N120GC), West Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Pilot did not lower gear for landing. Heard warning horn. Applied power, struck runway with prop tips. Went around.

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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