# Incident 20000126001809I: Cessna T337B, Tuscaloosa, AL, January 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2000, 20:10 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2310S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2310S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337B (registry code 2075707, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 600 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000126001809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DR. PERNIA REPORTEDLY DEPARTED WEST POINT, MS (M83) AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 ON JANUARY 26, 2000, FOR A DIRECT (VFR) FLIGHT TO TUSCALOOSA, AL (TCL).  HE REPORTEDLY REQUESTED AND RECEIVED FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM COLUMBUS, MS APPROACH UNTIL HE MADE CONTACT WITH TCL APPROXIMATELY TWENTY (20) NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT.  DURING THIS TIME HE REPORTED HIS POSITION AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 4.  HE CANCELLED THE LANDING AFTER NOTICING THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT HAD NOT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED FOR GEAR DOWN AND THE GEAR HAD AMPLE TIME TO CYCLE TO THE DOWN POSITION.  DR. PERNIA RECEIVED VERBAL CONFIRMATIPON FROM THE TCL TOWER, AFTER SEVERAL FLY-BYES, THAT THE NOSE LANDING APPEARED TO BE DOWN, BUT THE MAINS WERE NOT.  HE FINALLY ELECTED TO LAND, GEAR-UP, AFTER NUMEROUS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO MANUALLY LOWER THE MAIN GEAR.  AS OF 3-15-2000, THE GEAR WAS CYCLES @ FIFTY (50) TIMES WITH AT LEAST ONE FAILURE OF THE MAINS.  WE ARE NOW EVALUATING FERRYING THE AIRCRAFT TO A CESSNA SERVICE CENTER FOR FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING.

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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