# Incident 20081119851329I: Cessna 320D, Houston, TX, November 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2008, 09:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Lone Star Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120GC-2015-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 965 total, 214 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081119851329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/19/2008, N120GC, CE-320D, LANDED GEAR UP.  PILOT REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE, TRIED TO EXTEND GEAR MANUALLY BUT HAD NO INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN.  HE DID NOT DO A "FLY BY" BECAUSE OF VERY ERRATIC RADIO TRANSMISSIONS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REMOVED BOTH FUSES FROM THE ALTERNATOR SYSTEM.  THE FUSES WERE NOT REPLACED FOR THIS FLIGHT.  OUR INVESTIGATION REVEALED THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED PRIOR TO LANDING.  THE GEAR DOORS HAD NO DAMAGE AND THE TIRES HAD NO SCUFF MARKS FROM SIDE LOAD.  THERE WERE SCRATCHES TO THE UNDERSIDE.  BOTH PROPELLERS HAD GROUND BLADES AS A RESULT OF SLIDING ON IMPACT.  THE MECHANICS STATED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT AFTER THE ANNUAL INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N120GC (2)

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

- [Incident 20060812015149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060812015149I), Aug 12, 2006: Cessna 320D (N120GC), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) After takeoff from David Wayne Hooks airport for some routine touch and go's, the pilot, during his downwind leg, noticed he had a red gear unsafe light…
- [Incident 19791123046949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791123046949I), Nov 23, 1979: Cessna 320D (N120GC), West Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Pilot did not lower gear for landing. Heard warning horn. Applied power, struck runway with prop tips. Went around.

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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