Cessna 320E N26972

Summary

On 6 June 1983 at about 16:25 local time, a Cessna 320E registered N26972 was involved in an accident near Minden, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 June 1983 at 16:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Minden, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Pioneer Vil. (0V3)

Coordinates

40.4997, -98.9509

Aircraft

Cessna 320E

Registration

N26972

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Goodland → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA122

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED ON THE FINAL APPROACH TO LAND. THE ACFT HAD CALLED FOR LANDING INFORMATION AND ENTERED THE PATTERN AND WAS SEEN ESTABLISHED IN A LOW FINAL APPROACH WHEN IT SUDDENLY TURNED RIGHT AND DESCENDED TO THE GROUND. THE ACFT IMPACTED ABOUT 1/4 MILE SE OF THE APPROACH END OF RWY 34 IN A WINGS LEVEL SLIGHTLY NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. ALL 3 LANDING GEAR WERE BROKEN DURING IMPACT AND THE ACFT SLID ABOUT 40 FT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP HEADING NNE. EXAMINATION OFTHE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN MODIFIED TO ACCOMODATE WEATHER RADAR. WHEN THE RADOME IS INSTALLED 2 PITOT TUBES ARE INSTALLED IF DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STC. ON THIS ACFT ONLY ONE TUBE WAS INSTALLED AND IT WAS INSTALLED ONTHE WRONG SIDE. IT WAS INSCRIBED PH506R AND IT WAS PUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. NO ONE WAS ABLE TO TELL WHO INSTALLED THE TUBES OR WHEN. THE WRECKAGE EXAMINATION ALSO REVEALED THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS READING 198 MPH. IT WAS DISASSEMBLED AND THE DAMAGE NOTED WAS THAT THE SECTOR GEAR HAD SLIPPED CAUSING THE POINTER TO BE INACCURATE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.