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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T337G · La Verne, CA · July 12, 2006

Date: July 12, 2006 · 20:40 local
Place: La Verne, CA
Airport: Brackett Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N337MW
Reported as: Cessna T337G
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total474 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N337MWRegistration cancelled May 17, 2010 · Cessna T337GS/N P3370204 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna T337G Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted states: "while landing at our gene facility the landing gear would not extend. I tried all of the emergency procedures and could not get the gear down. I elected to go back to Brackett (poc) and belly landed the aircraft. We had nai move the aircraft off of the runway and put it into the hangar." Reporting inspector states: the aircraft was jacked to manually extend the landing gear for removal from the runway. When teh power was applied to the system the landing gear operated normally with no air load applied to the landing gear. The wheels were selected down aproximately 2 hours after the incident and this may have allowed the hydraulic powerpack to cool sufficiently to ambient temperature allowing proper operation. The reporting inspector has experienced problems with the powerpacks of this type associated with internal components failing to operate when heat escalates during operation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATES: "WHILE LANDING AT OUR GENE FACILITY THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. I TRIED ALL OF THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND COULD NOT GET THE GEAR DOWN. I ELECTED TO GO BACK TO BRACKETT (POC) AND BELLY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. WE HAD NAI MOVE THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND PUT IT INTO THE HANGAR." REPORTING INSPECTOR STATES: THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR FOR REMOVAL FROM THE RUNWAY. WHEN TEH POWER WAS APPLIED TO THE SYSTEM THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY WITH NO AIR LOAD APPLIED TO THE LANDING GEAR. THE WHEELS WERE SELECTED DOWN APROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AFTER THE INCIDENT AND THIS MAY HAVE ALLOWED THE HYDRAULIC POWERPACK TO COOL SUFFICIENTLY TO AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ALLOWING PROPER OPERATION. THE REPORTING INSPECTOR HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE POWERPACKS OF THIS TYPE ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNAL COMPONENTS FAILING TO OPERATE WHEN HEAT ESCALATES DURING OPERATION.