- Date
- January 5, 1968
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3482QCessna 320E
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112148
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0012 68/1/5 PONTIAC,MICH CESSNA 320E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 16963 TIME - 1246 N3482Q PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 2300 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PONTIAC-OAKLAND 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 - DISCONNECTED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ACFT JUST OUT OF PERIODIC INSP. MECHANIC FAILED TO RECONNECT NOSE WHEEL DOOR ACTUATIONG LINKAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3482Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pontiac-Oakland
N3482QRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · 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.
Other investigations on N3482Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.