- Date
- February 8, 1965
- Place
- Rancho Mirage, CA · RANCHO MIRAGE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3012RCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0652 65/2/8 RANCHO MIRAGE CAL CESSNA 320 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 74, 2300 TIME - 1515 N3012R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DESERT AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- CABIN DOOR NOT SECURED,CAME OPEN IN FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3012R
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Desert Airport
N3012RRegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Cessna 320AAirframe modelCessna 320AEngine modelContinental TSI0-470-B
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.