# Accident 20110621012349A: Cessna 320F, Phoenix, AZ, June 21, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2011, 09:24 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Deer Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6881° N, 112.0825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6881&lon=-112.0825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6160Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6160Q-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320F (registry code 2074516, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110621012349A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 21, 2010 CESSNA AIRCRAFT N6160Q DEPARTED DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT) AT APPROXIMATELY 0924 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME; 1624Z WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A MAIN LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION AFTER DEPARTURE AND RETURNED TO THE (DVT) AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE FAA DATA BASE, THE AIRCRAFT (N6160Q) IS REGISTERED TO A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGERS OF TWO REPORTETHE PILOT REPORTED SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 7R (DVT) HE SELECTED GEAR UP AND AS THE GEAR RETRACTED HE HEARD A LOUD CLUNK. HE MADE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR LIGHT INDICATORS AND NOTICED HE HAD TWO GREEN LIGHTS AND ONE DARK BEING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT COULD SEE IN THE MIRROR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY RETRACTED. THE PILOT STATED HE THEN SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND COULD STILL SEE IN THE MIRROR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL PARTIALLY RETRACTED. AT THAT TIME HE NOTIFIED THE TOWER HE WOULD BE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT (DVT) WITH A GEAR PROBLEM AND TO ROLL THE TRUCKS. DURING HIS RETURN TO THE AIRPORT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TWO EMERGENCY EXTENSIONS WITH NO RESULTS AND ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE PILOT STATED HE KEPT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE AIRSPEED BLED OFF ALLOWING THE NOSE TO FALL ONTO THE RUNWAY, SKIDDING TO A STOP. THE PASSENGERS AND PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO FIRE. NO INJURIES.

## 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 WPR11LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA292), Jun 21, 2011: Cessna 320F (N6160Q), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The mechanic's failure to properly secure the nose landing gear actuator push-pull tube to the landing gear door hinge clevis, which resulted in the gear jamming and not fully retracting after…

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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