Cessna 320 N56VP
18 September 2010 · Denton, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 September 2010 at about 16:45 local time, a Cessna 320 registered N56VP, operated by Association of Orthopedic Services PA, was involved in an accident near Denton, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Denton, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Denton Municipal (DTO)
- Coordinates
- 33.2006, -97.1981
- Aircraft
- Cessna 320
- Registration
- N56VP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Association of Orthopedic Services PA
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Grand Prairie → Denton
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN10LA567
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The failure of the landing gear push-pull rod.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During an instructional flight the student pilot performed four uneventful touch-and-go practice takeoffs and landings at one airport and then proceeded to another airport to make a soft-field landing on the grass runway. When the landing gear was extended, the landing gear indicator light did not illuminate. The annunciator lights were checked (press-to-test) and operated normally. He confirmed that the nose landing gear was only partially extended by looking in the convex mirrors mounted in on the engine nacelles. After the pilots cycled the landing gear several times and attempted to perform a manual extension least three times, the certificated flight instructor landed the airplane and the nose gear folded. A postaccident inspection revealed that the push-pull rod that connects the gear transmission to the nose gear had separated, damaging the wing spar and several fuselage ribs.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2011 | Cessna 320 | Lake Heron, New Mexico, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Jun 2011 | Cessna 320F | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 May 2009 | Cessna 320D | Fallon, Nevada, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 28 Sep 2008 | Cessna 320D | Collinsville, Oklahoma, United States | Hazelwood Harvey L | Fatal | 2 |
| 1 Nov 2012 | Cessna 320E | San Marcos, Texas, United States | Clarence Schollmeyer | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Apr 2012 | Cessna 320D | Green River, Wyoming, United States | Cranfill High | Fatal | 1 |
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