# NTSB NYC68D0389: Cessna 320E, N3404Q, North Adams, MA, January 31, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 31, 1968
- Place: North Adams, MA · NORTH ADAMS, MA
- Location: 42.6756° N, 73.1181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Adams, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6756&lon=-73.1181&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 17, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112000
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC68D0389
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68D0389

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0509  68/1/31    NORTH ADAMS,MASS    CESSNA 320E         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 1852
        TIME - 1430                    N3404Q              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH ADAMS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- NOSE GR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3404Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3404Q-2013-05-30), registration cancelled 2013-05-30, S/N 4040605 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Registry model: [Cessna 404](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (registry code 2075901) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: North Adams

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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