# Incident 19970406004909I: Cessna 337G, Columbus, OH, April 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1997, 11:45 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Ohio State University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0795° N, 83.0732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0795&lon=-83.0732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3KD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3KD-2006-04-26) (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 337G
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,139 total, 950 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406004909I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED OSU AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. AFTER A LOW APPROACH AT LCK, HE WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR, NOSE AND RIGHT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LEFT GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THEY TOOK 45 MINUTES ATTEMPTING TO GET LEFT GEAR DOWN, GOING THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES SEVERAL TIMES BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. MADE TWO LOW PASSES BY OSU TOWER, AND CONSULTED WITH OSU CHIEF OF MAINTENANCE BY RADIO. LANDED ON RWY 23 AT OSU, AND AFTER LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

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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