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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 320E · Middlefield, OH · May 14, 2026

Date
May 14, 2026 · 12:26 local
Place
Middlefield, OH
Airport
Geauga County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N320VC
Reported as
Cessna 320E
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,467 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft main and nose landing gear failed to extend. The pilot landed the aircraft in the grass.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GRASS.