- Date
- April 19, 1984, 05:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6185QCessna 320
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840419015269A
- Case key
- 24225
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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
While taxing to the active rwy, the plt was aware of several holes in the taxiway. He made a turn to the left & entered a dirt area to assure that the acft would not enter the taxiway holes. However, in the dirt area, the nosewheel sunk into a water covered hole & the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6185Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320B0002
- Airframe hours
- 6,212
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-470-C, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Barton L. Carnes M.D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1983
- Destination
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,210 total · 11 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.