- Date
- March 16, 1972
- Place
- Omaha, NE · OMAHA, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N720LCessna 320F
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0111 72/3/16 OMAHA,NEBR CESSNA 320F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N720L PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 49, 9803 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1380 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EPPLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.JOSEPH,MO FARIBAULT,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSE GR RETRACT ROD FAILED WITH GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N720L
- Reported as
- Cessna 320F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eppley
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.