# NTSB MKC85LA061: Cessna 320, N5704X, Lee'S Summit, MO, February 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 17, 1985, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Lee'S Summit, MO
- Coordinates: 38.910263, -94.379547 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9103&lon=-94.3795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33914
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33914/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA061

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

WHEN PLT LOWERED LANDING GEAR HE DID NOT GET A SAFE INDICATION. GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND WHEN THROTTLES WERE RETARDED; HOWEVER, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL. EXAMINATION OF SYSTEM DID NOT REVEAL REASON FOR COLLAPSE BUT DAMAGE TO SYSTEM PRECLUDED VERIFICATION OF PROPER RIGGING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5704X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5704X-2015-05-19), registration cancelled 2015-05-19, S/N 320-0004, 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
- Serial number: 320-0004
- Airframe hours: 3272
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-470-B 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Douglas B. Sharpe
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1985, 50 hours before
- Departed: HOT, HOT SPRINGS, AR
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: K84, Mccombs, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,632 total, 69 in this make and model, 3,157 as pilot in command, 57 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GVW, 11 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850217006679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850217006679A), Feb 17, 1985: Cessna 320, Lees Summit, MO, Substantial damage. Unsafe gear light but gear appeared down. Throttles retarded and no horn. Nose gear damage precluded rigging exam.

## Other investigations on N5704X (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW66D0646](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66D0646), Apr 27, 1966: Cessna 320 (N5704X), Littlefield, TX, substantial damage

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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