# Incident 20160201002949I: Cessna 320E, Deridder, LA, February 1, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2016, 12:30 local time
- Place: Deridder, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8450° N, 93.2952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeRidder, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8450&lon=-93.2952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320CC-2018-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160201002949I

## Narrative

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

EMAIL FROM PILOT CONCERNING INCIDENT: ON FEBRUARY THE 1ST ABOUT 1130AM I WAS ON A VFR APPROACH INTO RUNWAY 1 AT KDRI, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT THROUGH MY CHECKLIST AND PUT MY GEAR DOWN AND WAITED FOR THREE GREEN LIGHTS. AS I MADE MY FLARE THE PLANE STARTED TO SINK I REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY GEAR BUT IT WAS TOO LATE I IMMEDIATELY PULLED MY THROTTLES ALL THE WAY BACK. THERE WAS A WITNESS THAT WATCHED THE WHOLE THING AND HE STATED THAT MY GEAR WAS DOWN AND THEN AS I CROSSED THE THRESHOLD ONLY THE NOSE DOORS WERE OPEN. WE THINK THERE WAS A POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION IN THE GEAR SWITCH. THE DAMAGE CONSIST OF THE FRONT GEAR DOORS, THE INBOARD FLAPS, AND THE PROPS. IF YOU NEED ANY OTHER INFO JUST LET ME KNOW.

## Other reports on N320CC (1)

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

- [Incident 19890927053009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890927053009I), Sep 27, 1989: Cessna 320E (N320CC), Ontario, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear up landing. Found nose gear door was jammed into the wheel well above the landing gear.

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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