# Incident 20091218052629I: Cessna 337G, Bangor, ME, December 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2009, 21:42 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N728AS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091218052629I

## Narrative

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

THIS OFFICE WAS NOTITIED BY NEW ENGLAND AREA OPERATIONS CENTER THAT:  N728AS, C337, UPON LANDING BANGOR ME RUNWAY 33, RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AT 2142 EST, 12/18/09.  NO INJURIES TOPILOT-SOLE PEERSON ON BOARD.  DAMAGE TO BE DETERMINED.  UPDATE:  RUNAWY CLOSED FROM 2142 TO 2317 EST.  MINOR IMPACT TO TRAFFIC-1 AIRCRAFT IN HOLDING PATTERN FOR 15 MINUTES AND 2 AIRCRAFT DIVERTED.  AIRCRAFT TOWED TO FBO-TELFORD AVIATION.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ON APPROACH TO BANGOR MAINE, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT.  PILOT OBSERVED THAT RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.  HE ATTEMPTED TO PUMP GEAR DOWN BY HAND AND WAS UNSECCESSFUL.  THE PILOT THEN CONTACETED THE TOWER AND MADE SEVERAL PASSES FOR VISUAL ASSESSMENT.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTESD OF CONTACT WITH THE TOWER, PILOT REQESTED EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO STANDBY AND MADE THE LANDING.  FLUID LEVEL IN POWER PACK WAS FOUND TO BE FULL, OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.  RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWWR HAS BENN GROUND AWAY, DAMAGE TO MULTI-BAND ATENNA, DAMAGE TO RIGH HAND STABILIZER FAIRING AND BOTTOM OF STABILIZER.  TRAILING EDGE OF RIGH TIP TANK HAS BEEN GROUND AWAY ABOUT 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

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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