# NTSB LAX67D0347: Cessna 310, N530, Window Rock, AZ, March 14, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 14, 1967
- Place: Window Rock, AZ · WINDOW ROCK, AZ
- Location: 35.6705° N, 109.0630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Window Rock, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6705&lon=-109.0630&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 14, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118284
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67D0347
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0347

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4821  67/3/14    WINDOW ROCK,ARIZ    CESSNA 310          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0830                    N530                PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            AGE 43, 2300 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WINDOW ROCK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- LEFT NOSE GR DOOR CAME LOOSE ON PREVIOUS T/O,JAMMED GR IN PARTIALLY RETRACTED POSITION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N530](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N530-2013-01-30), registration cancelled 2013-01-30, S/N 35056, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Window Rock

## Other investigations on N530 (3)

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 CHI71FBJ31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71FBJ31), Oct 3, 1970: Cessna 310 (N530), Manistee, MI, substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX68D0111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0111), Jul 28, 1967: Cessna 310 (N530), Window Rock, AZ, substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X1741](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1741), May 12, 1964: Cessna 310 (N530), Merritt Is, FL, substantial damage

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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