# NTSB SEA70DWA09: Cessna 320, N5777X, Creswell, OR, March 13, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 13, 1970
- Place: Creswell, OR · CRESWELL, OR
- Location: 43.9226° N, 123.0140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Creswell, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9226&lon=-123.0140&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136188
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70DWA09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70DWA09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0916  70/3/13    CRESWELL,OREG       CESSNA 320          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1110                    N5777X              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  AGE 35, 2490 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            43 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CRESWELL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EUGENE,OREG                 CRESWELL,OREG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5777X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5777X-2013-08-20), registration cancelled 2013-08-20, S/N 320-0077, 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
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Creswell

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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