# Incident 20100921048529I: Cessna T337G, Tonopah, NV, September 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2010, 19:15 local time
- Place: Tonopah, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0822° N, 117.2246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tonopah, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0822&lon=-117.2246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11WS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11WS) (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 MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 350 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100921048529I

## Narrative

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

APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES OUT FROM KTPH THE PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR; IT PARTIALLY EXTENDED, AND DID NOT LOCK AND THE INDICATING SYSTEM DID NOT SHOW THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. AFTER ASKING HIS PASSENGER TO CONFIRM THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED THE PILOT TRIED RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR AND THE SYSTEM DID NOT RESPOND. THE PILOT RADIOED KTPH UNICOM TO REQUEST A VISUAL VERIFICATION FROM THE GROUND BY CONDUCTING A FLY BY. PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND VISUALLY VERIFIED THE LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN AND DID NOT APPEAR LOCKED. THE PILOT SPENT APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES TRYING TO GET THE GEAR TO CYCLE UP OR DOWN. THE PILOT TRIED STEEP TURNS BOTH DIRECTIONS, HARD RIGHT AND HARD LEFT RUDDER, PUMPING GEAR DOWN MANUALLY, RESETTING CIRCUIT BREAKER; AND GEAR WOULD NOT CHANGE FROM THE PARTIALLY EXTENDED POSITION. THE PILOT HAD TO LAND WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. HE STATED HE CUT THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. THE PLANE LANDED SMOOTHLY, STRAIGHT IN LINE WITH THE RUNWAY, THE FIRST SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THE RIGHT GEAR AND NOSE GEAR WERE LOCKED IN PLACE, AND THE LEFT SIDE SLOWLY SETTLED ONTO ITS BELLY AS SPEED DROPPED. THE PLANE THEN GRADUALLY SLID OFF THE RUNWAY, TO THE LEFT, AND CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED FEET OFF THE RUNWAY, IN THE DIRT. THE PILOT THEN COMPLETED SHUTOFF OF THE MASTER SWITCH, MAGNETOS, AND FUEL.

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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