# Incident 20040807018559I: Cessna T337G, Wisdom, MT, August 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2004, 15:29 local time
- Place: Wisdom, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6098° N, 113.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wisdom, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6098&lon=-113.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403V-2012-03-02) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 125 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040807018559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 7, 2004, AIRCRAFT N403V, A CESSNA T337G, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A PAVED ROAD NEAR WISDOM, MONTANA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT ENGINE PROPELLER, BELLY SKINS, AND UNDER THE LEFT WING, FLAP, TAIL BOOM AND REAR ENGINE COWLING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED FROM PILOT'S STATEMENT, HE AND HIS WIFE WERE VFR ENROUTE TO KALISPELL, MONTANA (FCA) FROM CHINO, CA (CNO) WITH A FUEL STOP IN ELKO, NV (EKO). THE WEATHER IN FCAWAS VFR, RAIN AND 6000 OVC. THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A 28 KT. HEAD WIND BEFORE SALMON, ID (SMN) AND BY THE TIME HE GOT NEAR MISSOULA, MT (MSO), HIS FUEL RESERVE WAS GETTING LOW AND NO VFR AREAS IN SIGHT. THE PILOT TURNED AROUND AND TRIED TO MAKE IT TO SMN, WITH THE FUEL INDICATORS LOWER THAN EXPECTED. THE PILOT DIALED IN HIS GPS FOR THE NEAREST AIRPORT AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND IT WAS WISDOM, MT (7S4). UPON ARRIVAL TO WISDOM, MT AREA, THE PILOT COULD NOT FIND THE AIRPORT. HE CIRCLED THE TOWN WITH THE FRONT ENGINE SPUTTERING AND FOUND A ROAD AND PROCEEDED TO LAND, AND IN THE CONFUSION FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE ROAD WITH NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. ON AUGUST 8, 2004, DURING THE SITE INVESTIGATION, I NOTICED THAT THE RUNWAY HAD NOT BEEN MOWED FOR AWHILE. THE FOLIAGE ON THE RUNWAY APPEARED TO BE 12 TO 18 INCHES HIGH AND THE RUNWAY MARKERS WERE COMPLETELY COVERED WITH OVERGROWTH. THIS MAY HAVE OBSCURED THE SIGHT OF THE RUNWAY FROM THE AIR. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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