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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 320C · Corona, CA · September 30, 2010

Date
September 30, 2010 · 12:50 local
Place
Corona, CA
Airport
Corona Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3056T
Reported as
Cessna 320C
Reported engine
Continental TSI0-470-B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total320 in this make and model0 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.

Aircraft departed cno going to ajo. Upon placing the gear handle in the down position, electrical power was lost and there was no green landing gear light. Pilot manually cranked the gear down until the crank stopped. He still had no green landing gear light. When the aircraft touched down both main and nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CNO GOING TO AJO. UPON PLACING THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST AND THERE WAS NO GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHT. PILOT MANUALLY CRANKED THE GEAR DOWN UNTIL THE CRANK STOPPED. HE STILL HAD NO GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN BOTH MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.