# Incident 19781030027879I: Cessna 337, Sioux City, IA, October 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1978, 13:24 local time
- Place: Sioux City, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5000° N, 96.4003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5000&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53573, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53573) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781030027879I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT UNABLE TO GET MAIN GEAR DOWN DUE TO LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. AN ACTUATOR O RING HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N53573 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800913070549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800913070549I), Sep 13, 1980: Cessna 337G (N53573), Des Moines, IA, Minor damage. Rear engine oversped. Pilot made precautionary landing. Gear failed due to hydraulic leak.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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