- Date
- April 12, 1970
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL · TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3166TCessna 320C
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1314 70/4/12 TALLAHASSEE,FLA CESSNA 320C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1438 N3166T PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 943 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TALLAHASSEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA TALLAHASSEE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY REMARKS- NOSE GR RETRACT TUBE P/N0842120-1 FAILED IN TENSION AND COMPRESSION.BACKED INTO TIEDOWN BY TUG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3166T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tallahassee
N3166TRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Cessna 320CAirframe modelCessna 320CEngine modelContinental TSI0-470-B
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.
Other investigations on N3166T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.