# NTSB investigations: Landing gear door actuator

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN26LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA226.md): Beech A36TC · Kingsford, MI · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 14, 2026 · N3701N · Substantial damage
  > The pin on the nose gear brace assembly that engages with the cam on the nose landing gear door actuator shaft was not seated inside the cam, which rendered the nose landing gear inoperative.
- [NTSB ERA26LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA043.md): Beech 95-B55 · Dothan, AL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 14, 2025 · N711FA · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the left main landing gear actuator rods, which resulted in a gear up landing.
- [NTSB WPR11LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA292.md): Cessna 320F · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 2011 · N6160Q · Substantial damage
  > The mechanic's failure to properly secure the nose landing gear actuator push-pull tube to the landing gear door hinge clevis, which resulted in the gear jamming and not fully retracting after takeoff.
- [NTSB DCA10IA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10IA021.md): Airbus Industrie A319-131 · Newark, NJ · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 10, 2010 · N816UA · Minor damage
  > A mechanical failure of internal components of the right main landing gear door actuator resulting in the flight crew being unable to fully extend the right main landing gear using the normal and alternate procedures. Contributing to this incident was a…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT f.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_findings.parquet' f WHERE starts_with(f."findingCode", '01023232'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023232/cases

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