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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 320 · Mammoth Lakes, CA · July 27, 1978

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
July 27, 1978
Place
Mammoth Lakes, CA · MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N6152QCessna 320
Status
Completed · report October 5, 1978
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19780727025299A
Case key
140765

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2387  78/7/27    MAMMOTH LAKES,CA    CESSNA 320          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 2400
        TIME - 0800                    N6152Q              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 303 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MAMMOTH LAKES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BISHOP,CA                   MAMMOTH LAKES,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- RT GEAR TORQUE TUBE PIVOT ARM ATTACH RIVETS SHEARED.

Aircraft

Registration
N6152Q
Reported as
Cessna 320
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Mammoth Lakes

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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Other investigations on N6152Q · 1

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