# Incident 20040225001689I: Cessna T337G, Palm Springs, CA, February 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2004, 09:57 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2QD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2QD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 716 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040225001689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND DURING APPROACH TO PSP. THE PILOT TRIED EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES. TOWER GAVE THE PILOT A HOLDING PATTERN TO WORK THE EMERGENCY. HE DETERMINED THAT THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS TOO LOW OR DEPLETED, SO HE PUT SOME MAKESHIFT FLUID IN THE SYSTEM (WATER). IT WAS DECIDED TO LAND THE ACFT ON A FOAMED RUNWAY. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE ACFT WAS LIFTED BY CRANE AND TAKEN TO L-08 MAINTENANCE FACILITY. MX. DISCOVERED A MISSING RT MLG ACTUATOR CAP MISSING AND A BENT LANDING GEAR STRUT. ALL GEAR DOORS AND THE FUSELAGE RECEIVED SCRAPE MARKS FROM THE RUNWAY DURING THE GEAR UP LANDING. BOTH PUSHER AND PULLER PROP TIPS BENT. NO FIRE TO ACFT. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED.

## Other reports on N2QD (2)

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

- [Accident 20210322009179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210322009179A), Mar 22, 2021: Cessna T337G (N2QD), Patuxent River, MD, Substantial damage. On 03/22/2021, while performing a landing at Nas Patuxent River (knhk), at approximately 1553HRS local, N2QD suffered a gear-up landing, no injuries were…
- [Incident 20160514008839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160514008839I), May 14, 2016: Cessna T337G (N2QD), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. N2QD departed kcno to do training in practice area. Left practice area to do takeoffs and landings. First choice was ksbd with 10000 foot runway, but was…

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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