Cessna 320C N3166T
12 April 1970 · Tallahassee, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 April 1970 at about 14:38 local time, a Cessna 320C registered N3166T was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Tallahassee, Florida, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:38
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Tallahassee
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 320C
- Registration
- N3166T
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- New Orleans, la → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1314
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Probable cause
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
NOSE GR RETRACT TUBE P/N0842120-1 FAILED IN TENSION AND COMPRESSION.BACKED INTO TIEDOWN BY TUG.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Mar 1970 | Cessna 320 | Creswell, Oregon, United States | Moulding Inc | No injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1970 | Cessna 320D | Oklahoma Cty, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Feb 1970 | Cessna 320E | Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States | Bledsoe Aviati | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 Dec 1970 | Cessna 320C | Newberry, California, United States | W F Maxwell, In | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 1970 | Cessna 320D | Westerville, Ohio, United States | Aircraft Accep | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 1970 | Cessna 320 | Lawton, Oklahoma, United States | Page Aircraft | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |