# NTSB LAX69F0115: Cessna 320F, Phoenix, AZ, August 26, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 26, 1968
- Place: Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 29, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108120
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69F0115
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69F0115

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0009  68/8/26    PHOENIX,ARIZ        CESSNA 320F         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 6000
        TIME - 1210                    XB-FAP              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR DRIVE TUBE FAILED 6 IN FROM GEAR BOX ATTACH END.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-FAP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320F
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sky Harbor

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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