# Incident 19970704029589I: Gulstm G73, Winters/Davis/W, CA, July 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1997, 12:00 local time
- Place: Winters/Davis/W, CA
- Airport: Yolo County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5794° N, 121.8569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YOLO COUNTY (DWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5794&lon=-121.8569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2945, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2945) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-73 (registry code 3951802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-73) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney W-S1H&S3H (registry code 52012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-w-s1h-s3h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G73
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 776 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970704029589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UPON ARRIVAL AT KSQL, PILOT DISCOVERED A TOTAL HYDRAULIC FAILURE. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO PUMP THE LANDING GEAR DOWN, ALL THREE GEARS BECAME UNLOCKED DIVERTED TO YOLO CO AIRPORT (2Q3) THE HOME BASE OF AIRCRAFT. SUCCEEDED IN GETTING RT. MAIN GEAR TO LOCK, BUT UNABLE TO GET OTHER TWO LOCKED. LANDED IN PLOWED AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXI WAY. DAMAGED BELLY OF AIRCRAFT, LEFT PONTOON AND STRUT, AND LEFT WING. NO NEMAC. NO PILOT DEVIATION.

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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