- Date
- October 30, 1980
- Place
- Traverse City, MI · TRAVERSE CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3APCessna 402B
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801030061569A
- Case key
- 128462
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2675 80/10/30 TRAVERSE CITY,MI CESSNA 402B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 5650 TIME - 1128 N3AP PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRY CHAPEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRAVERSE CITY,MI WEST BRANCH,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- N/G RETRACT TUBE ASSY,P/N 5045213-8, SEPARATED AT LNDG/G ACTUATOR GEAR BOX BELL CRANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3AP
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cherry Chapel
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.