# Incident 20060525023299I: Cessna T337G, Fairfield, NJ, May 25, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2006, 17:57 local time
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8837° N, 74.3060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8837&lon=-74.3060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8CS-2018-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060525023299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SUBJECT AIRMAN WAS ENROUTE FROM KNOXVILLE, TN (KTYS) TO CALDWELL, NJ (KCDW) FLYING SUBJECT AIRCRAFT. AIRMAN STATED THAT AS HE PASSED APPROXIMATELY OVER ALLENTOWN AIRPORT (KABE), ALLENTOWN, PA, THE AIRCRAFT'S FRONT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. WHEN HE CHECKED HIS INSTRUMENTS, HE NOTED THAT THE FRONT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE READ ZERO. HE SHUT DOWN THE FRONT ENGINE. HE ASSESSED THE FLYING QUALITIES OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE ON TO HIS DESTINATION ON THE REAR ENGINE ONLY. WHEN HE CONTACTED KCDW TOWER, HE NOTICED THAT HIS RADIOS WERE WEAK AND MAKING STATIC. WHEN HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. HE THEN NOTED THAT THE SHIP'S BATTERY SEEMED TO BE DEAD AND THE REAR ALTERNATOR WAS NOT CHARGING THE SYSTEM. HE UTILIZED THE HAND PUMP TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. HE THEN LANDED ON RWY 22 AT KCDW WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE FRONT ENGINE REVEALED A FAILED PUSH ROD SHROUD SEAL THAT ALLOWED THE MAJORITY OF THE ENGINE OIL TO LEAK OVERBOARD. INSPECTION OF THE REAR ALTERNATOR REVEALED THAT THE DRIVE CLUTCH HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N8CS (1)

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

- [Incident 20081030850889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081030850889I), Oct 30, 2008: Cessna T337G (N8CS), Camden, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On October 30, 2008, Cessna 337, N8CS, experienced a gear up landing at Camden, Arkansas municipal airport. The private pilot, and sole occupant,…

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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