- Date
- September 30, 1976
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR · HILLSBORO, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3472QCessna 320E
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760930035649A
- Case key
- 149692
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3280 76/9/30 HILLSBORO,OR CESSNA 320E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 51, 4926 TIME - 1645 N3472Q PX- 0 0 3 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 2555 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSBORO,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSE GR NOT LOCKED DUE MALF UPLOCK HOOK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3472Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Portland
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3472Q · 1
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