# Incident 20140323002679I: Cessna 320E, Tampa, FL, March 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2014, 18:58 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3410Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3410Q-2014-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 885 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140323002679I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KMGM THE GEAR RETRACTION WAS INITIATED. I HEARD A LOUD

BANG. I VERIFIED WITH THE TOWER AND MY NOSE GEAR MIRROR THAT THE GEAR

WASN'T FULLY RETRACTED. I TRIED SEVERAL GEAR CYCLES TO GET THE NOSE TO LOCK

TO NO AVAIL. CONSIDERING MY FULL FUEL SITUATION AND CROSSWINDS AT KMGM, I

DECIDED TO CONTINUE FLIGHT TO KVDF. AFTER ASSESSING THE RUNWAY AND WIND

SITUATION AS WELL AS EMERGENCY SERVICES, I DECIDED TO DIVERT TO KTPA.

BEFORE LANDING AT KTPA I TRIED TO CYCLE THE GEAR SEVERAL MORE TIMES AND PUT

THE AIRCRAFT IN DIFFERENT ATTITUDES AS TO FORCE THE GEAR DOWN. I THEN

FOLLOWED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR MANUAL CRANK OF GEAR. THESE EFFORTS

YIELDED NO POSITIVE RESULTS. I INFORMED THE APPROACH CONTROLLER I WAS READY

TO LAND AT KTPA. I THEN INSTRUCTED ONE OF MY PASSENGERS TO MOVE TO THE AFT

MOST SEAT AND MOVE AS MUCH BAGGAGE TO THE AFT AS POSSIBLE. AT A HALF MILE

FINAL I INFORMED THE TOWER THAT I WAS TURNING OFF ALL ELECTRICAL AND THIS

WAS GOING TO BE MY LAST RADIO CALL. UPON LANDING ASSURED OVER THE RUNWAY, I

PULLED BACK THE MIXTURE CONTROLS AND THROTTLES ALL THE WAY CLOSED TO SHUT

OFF THE ENGINES. I THEN USED THE ELEVATOR TRIM AND YOKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I

HELD THE NOSE OFF AS LONG AS AERODYNAMICALLY POSSIBLE.

## Other reports on N3410Q (3)

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

- [Incident 19841013059669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841013059669I), Oct 13, 1984: Cessna 320F (N3410Q), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Unable to obtain safe nose gear. It collapsed on landing. Linkage rod was bent. #84012513.
- [Incident 19820903055289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820903055289I), Sep 3, 1982: Cessna 320E (N3410Q), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. No green light on nose gear. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Bent actuator rod. Recent maintenance on nose gear.
- [Incident 19820219012239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820219012239I), Feb 19, 1982: Cessna 320E (N3410Q), Monterey, CA, Minor damage. Unable to lower and lock gear due to failing power and poorly maintained landing gear system. Gear collapsed.

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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