- Date
- September 8, 1983, 12:18 local (17:18 UTC)
- Place
- Mandan, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N320RDCessna 320B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830908056879A
- Case key
- 16161
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft landed gear up after the normal and emergency extension systems failed to extend the landing gear. During the appraoch to land the plt noticed the landing gear down light'would not come on'. A missed approach was executed. The pltdiscussed the problem via radio with a mechanic and tried all emergency procedures to lower the nose gear without success. He diverted to Mandan via bismarck to burn off fuel and land where he could get maintenance assistance. The pltand mechanic decided the acft should be landed on the sod with all gear up after another attempt to extend the gear failed. A full flap landing was made with engines cut prior to touchdown. The acft slid 250 ft. examination of the acft revealed that the nose gear torgue tube was buckled. Initially it was thought that a cooling hose or heater tube had interfered with and buckled the tube by being in the way of the retraction rod. This was considered but a more likely reason was operation of the acft on rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N320RD
- Reported as
- Cessna 320B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320B0035
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-470-C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennia Manning
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1983
- Departed
- D61 · Towner, ND
- Destination
- MOT · Minot, ND
- Airport
- Y19 · Mandan Municipal, runway 12, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,500 total · 290 in this make and model · 10,500 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.