# NTSB MIA70FKJ31: Cessna 320, N5775X, Troy, AL, May 4, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 4, 1970
- Place: Troy, AL · TROY, AL
- Location: 31.8020° N, 85.9671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Troy, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8020&lon=-85.9671&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 22, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 128201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70FKJ31
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70FKJ31

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1980   70/5/4    TROY,ALA            CESSNA 320          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 13600
        TIME - 1206                    N5775X              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TROY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ATLANTA,GA                  TROY,ALA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE
        REMARKS- R LDG GR PUSH RODS BENT,BELL CRANK PULLED FROM SPAR.GR CKD BFR TKOF,THOUGHT TROUBLE WAS IN GR BOX.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5775X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5775X-2022-09-03), registration cancelled 2022-09-03, S/N 320-0075, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- Registry model: [Cessna 320](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320) (registry code 2074502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSI0-470-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (registry code 17029, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Troy

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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