# NTSB CHI69F0263: Cessna 320E, N394AJ, Cement City, MI, September 26, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 26, 1968
- Place: Cement City, MI · CEMENT CITY, MI
- Location: 42.0684° N, 84.3276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cement City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0684&lon=-84.3276&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107895
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0263
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0263

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3646  68/9/26    CEMENT CITY,MICH    CESSNA 320E         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 5105
        TIME - 1230                    N394AJ              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 3035 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- BOLT AND EAR OF LEFT GR TRUNION FAILED. ACFT SWERVED,STRUCK RETAINING WALL OF RACE TRACK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N394AJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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