# Incident 20260119000339I: Cessna 320D, Flagstaff, AZ, January 19, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2026, 17:45 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1403° N, 111.6692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGSTAFF PULLIAM (FLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1403&lon=-111.6692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3325Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3325Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,214 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260119000339I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 19, 2026, A PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SERIES OF TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 3 AT FLAGSTAFF, AZ AIRPORT UNDER VFR CONDITIONS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT, VARIABLE WINDS. NO WEATHER BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTION HAD BEEN COMPLETED ON JANUARY 9, 2026, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST CHECKOUT FLIGHT FOLLOWING THE INSPECTION.

DURING THE ASCENT OF THE SECOND TOUCH-AND-GO, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HEARD AND FELT A THUMP BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM NOSE GEAR RETRACTION WITH A GREEN LIGHT. THE PILOT PERFORMED FOUR LOW PASSES, AND EACH TIME, THE CONTROL TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED IN POSITION. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED SEVERAL GRAVITY MANEUVERS AND FOLLOWED THE PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK PROCEDURES TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR, BUT THESE EFFORTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

ULTIMATELY, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAIN GEAR, BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER AND STRIKE BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE NOSE. THE PLANE CAME TO A STOP IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY, RESTING ON ITS MAIN GEAR AND NOSE.

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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