# Incident 20020718019719I: Cessna 337G, Gainesville, FL, July 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2002, 20:10 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6901° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72268, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72268-2017-10-06) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020718019719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY. FLIGHT MANUAL AND CHECK LIST PROCEDURES WERE USED FOR MANUAL EXTENSION BUT THE MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN. REAR PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 24 AT GAINESVILLE, IL. THE RESULT WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SKIN AND LANDING GEAR DOORS. ONE BLADE OF THE REAR PROPELLER WAS BENT SINCE IT WAS NOT HORIZONTAL WHEN THE LANDING WAS MADE. NO DAMAGE TO THE FRONT PROPELLER. LANDING GEAR RETAINING RING HAD COME OUT OF POSITION ALLOWING ALL THE FLUID TO ESCAPE. SEE ITEM C, D, AND E ABOVE.

## Other reports on N72268 (1)

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

- [Accident 20100527045029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100527045029A), May 27, 2010: Cessna 337G (N72268), High Springs, FL, Destroyed. The pilot advised that he was losing engine power from both engines and their was a lost of manifold pressure. The pilot could not specify if the manifold…

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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