# Incident 20081031850679I: Canadi HARVARDMKIV, San Marcos, TX, October 31, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2008, 14:35 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8927° N, 97.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MARCOS RGNL (HYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8927&lon=-97.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2047, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2047) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV (registry code 1922828, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadian-car-foundry-harvard-mk-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CANADI HARVARDMKIV
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,100 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/20081031850679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON ENTERING THE PATTERN AT STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN SAN ANTONIO, TX, THE COMMERCIAL PILOT OBSERVED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION.  HE ABANDONED THE APPROACH AND WORKED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR USING PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THE MANUFACTURER'S PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK.  REPEATED ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRACRAFT RETURNED TO ITS HOME BASE, SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN SAN MARCOS, TX.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE LEFT WINGTIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, REMAINING ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGTIP.

## Other reports on N2047 (2)

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

- [Incident 20110926023809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110926023809I), Sep 26, 2011: Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV (N2047), Thatcher, AZ, Minor damage. At 0715 LCL, on September 26, 2011, N2047 departed buckeye AZ (bxk) enroute to santa teresa NM (5T6). During level cruise at 9500' MSL and approximately 10…
- [Incident 20080324833599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080324833599I), Mar 24, 2008: Namer HARVARDMK4 (N2047), San Marcos, TX, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft landed gear up during training. The aircraft received minimal damage.

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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