# NTSB MKC70FCQ05: Cessna 320D, N3301Q, Goodland, KS, January 27, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1970
- Place: Goodland, KS · GOODLAND, KS
- Location: 39.3493° N, 101.7138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goodland, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3493&lon=-101.7138&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 143303
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC70FCQ05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70FCQ05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0477  70/1/27    GOODLAND,KANS       CESSNA 320D         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 816
        TIME - 2334                    N3301Q              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 212 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RENNER
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HUTCHINSON,KANS             DENVER,COLO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHAFED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CLAMP FOR L ENG EXHAUST STACK FAILED,CAUSED STACK TO RUB AND CRACK.PLT UNDERSHOT APCH,LND IN FLD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3301Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Renner

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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