- Date
- January 17, 1975
- Place
- Washington, PA · WASHINGTON, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5716XCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750117001129A
- Case key
- 146954
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0053 75/1/17 WASHINGTON,PA CESSNA 320 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N5716X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 53, 11429 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PINCHED REMARKS- R LNDG GR COLLAPSED.INBOARD DRIVE TUBE HAD ABT A 3 IN BOW.GR DID NOT LOCK DWN.GR WARNING SYS INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5716X
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Washington Co
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5716X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.