- Date
- December 9, 1966
- Place
- Farmington, NM · FARMINGTON, NM
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3049TCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3531 66/12/9 FARMINGTON N MEX CESSNA 320 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1528 N3049T PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 38, 9335 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1541 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARMINGTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- BOLT ON UPLOCK TORQUE TUBE SEPARATED PREVENTING NOSE GEAR FROM LOCKING DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3049T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farmington