# Incident 20201212019209I: Cessna 340, Memphis, TN, December 12, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2020, 14:58 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N980AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201212019209I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 12, 2020, AIRCRAFT N980AM A CESSNA 340, DEPARTED JONESBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KJBR) FOR WEST MEMPHIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KAWM). IN THE DESCENT FOR LANDING THE PILOT NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE PILOT CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR BUT COULD NOT GET THE GEAR TO EXTEND FULLY DOWN. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE BUT THE HAND CRANK WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, THE GEAR GOT STUCK AND THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH A PARTIAL GEAR UP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY AND OBTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR FAA INSPECTORS FOUND A BROKEN BELL CRANK THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE TORQUE TUBE, ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION ASSEMBLY.

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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