# Accident 20100918046849A: Cessna 320, Denton, TX, September 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2006° N, 97.1981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2006&lon=-97.1981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56VP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56VP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320 (registry code 2074502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSI0-470-B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,050 total, 185 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA567](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA567) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100918046849A

## Narrative

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

PUSH-PULL ROD LEADING TO NOSE GEAR BUCKLED RESULTING IN NOSE GEAR FAILING TO LOCK DOWN.  NOSE GEAR FOLDED ON LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10LA567](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA567), Sep 18, 2010: Cessna 320 (N56VP), Denton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear push-pull rod.

## Other reports on N56VP (1)

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

- [Incident 19970121002689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970121002689I), Jan 21, 1997: Cessna 320 (N56VP), Panama City, FL, Minor damage. Pilot reported actuated gear down. Gear in mirror. Flaps failed extend. Gear collapsed landing. Electric power loss

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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