- Date
- November 4, 1967
- Place
- Valparaiso, IN · VALPARAISO, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3430QCessna 320E
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113316
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3820 67/11/4 VALPARAISO,IND CESSNA 320E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N3430Q PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION AGE 40, 3877 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTER COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- MECHANIC FAILED TO INSTALL COTTER PIN IN CLEVIS BOLT ATTACHING ACTUATING ROD TO LFT NOSE GEAR DOOR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3430Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Porter County
N3430QRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Cessna 320EAirframe modelCessna 320EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.