# NTSB FTW67F0384: Cessna 310, N423AC, Houston, TX, January 9, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 9, 1967
- Place: Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 31, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119613
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67F0384
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67F0384

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0092   67/1/9    HOUSTON TEX         CESSNA 310          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 7600
        TIME - 1120                    N423AC              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1110 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEACHAM FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- BINDING TEFLON STOP SPACER PREV NOSE GEAR STRUT EXTENSION CAUSING DAMAGE TO LINKAGE ON RETR. CYCLE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N423AC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Meacham Field

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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