# NTSB DEN69F0185: Cessna 320, N5204X, Denver, CO, February 16, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 16, 1969
- Place: Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 12, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190627
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69F0185
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69F0185

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0383  69/2/16    DENVER,COLO         CESSNA 320          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1901                    N5204X              PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 28, 5425 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            335 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5204X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5204X-1974-02-19), registration cancelled 1974-02-19, S/N 3200104 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- Registry model: [Cessna 320](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320) (registry code 2074502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stapleton

## Other investigations on N5204X (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN74AD030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD030), Dec 2, 1973: Cessna 320 (N5204X), Spanish Fork, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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