# NTSB DEN68F0062: Cessna 32OD, N3329Q, White Sands, NM, August 4, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 4, 1967
- Place: White Sands, NM · WHITE SANDS, NM
- Location: 32.3804° N, 106.4791° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Sands, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3804&lon=-106.4791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 23, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN68F0062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68F0062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2621   67/8/4    WHITE SANDS,N MEX   CESSNA 32OD         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 14900
        TIME - 1440                    N3329Q              PX-  0  0  0  CTR PASSG-D               TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CONDRON AAF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
        REMARKS- SHIMMY DAMPENER ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3329Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 32OD
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Condron Aaf

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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