- Date
- October 23, 1979
- Place
- Shreveport, LA · SHREVEPORT, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5340ACessna 310A
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791023031979A
- Case key
- 134854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2938 79/10/23 SHREVEPORT,LA CESSNA 310A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1250 N5340A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 4174 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 469 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JONESBORO,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSE LNDG GEAR JAMMED BY MECHANISM OF WHEEL WELL DOORS.FOUND STRUT UNDER-INFLATED & NO HYDR LEAK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5340A
- Reported as
- Cessna 310A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Regional
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.