# Incident 20020410008389I: Cessna T337G, Stockton, CA, April 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8933° N, 121.2381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8933&lon=-121.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2QF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2QF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 325 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020410008389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT/OWNER DEPARTED O20 AND UPON ACTIVATING LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR NOTICED INDICATOR LIGHT WAS NOT ON. PLACING THE SWITCH TO THE EXTEND POSITION, THE PILOT NOTICED NO GREEN LIGHT AND VISUAL CHECK REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT IN SIGHT. PILOT CHECKED HYDRAULIC FLUID RESERVOIR AND FOUND NO READING ON THE DIPSTICK INDICATING A MAJOR DEPLETION OF FLUID FROM THE LND. GEAR SYSTEM. PILOT CONTACTED SCK TOWER AND VERIFIED FROM TOWER THAT LEFT MAIN LND. GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN A TRAILING POSITION. SETTING UP EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO LAND 29L, THE PILOT LANDED, AND SETTLED (SKIDDED) APPROX. 200-250 FEET. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR FAILED AT THE SNAP RING END CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF HYD. FLUID. CLOSED.

## Other reports on N2QF (1)

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

- [Incident 19960319008149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960319008149I), Mar 19, 1996: Cessna T337G (N2QF), Roseburg, OR, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot stated that main landing gear would only partially extend. He followed the emergency procedures for extension of the landing gear. Requested…

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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