# Incident 20120603011009I: Lockheed SP-2H, Minden, NV, June 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2012, 15:30 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden - Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operator: PLQG
- Location: 39.0005° N, 119.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN-TAHOE (MEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N355MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N355MA-2014-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed SP-2H (registry code 5269601, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-sp-2h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R3350-32WA (registry code 67042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r3350-32wa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED SP-2H
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R3350-32WA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,741 total, 2,567 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120603011009I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO PTV THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SHOWED UNSAFE ON PORT SIDE (LEFT).  PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING AND CLIMBED  ABOVE PATTERN ALTITUDE WHERE THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED AGAIN WITH SAME RESULTS.  LEFT GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND.  DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO HOME BASE (MEV) WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.  AFTER ALL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MAINTENACE IDEAS WERE EXHAUSTED THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 MEV WITH MAIN LEFT GEAR STILL IN THE UP POSITION.  (NOSE AND STARBOARD GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED).  AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND BLEEDING OFF AIRSPEED, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE PORT JET POD AND SUSTAINED LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER STRIKES.  AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THE LEFT JET POD PYLON BROKE OFF, WHILE BEING SIDELOADED FROM A SIDE MOTION SKID.  THERE IS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE WING STRUCTURE OR PYLON ATTACH POINTS.  PILOT AND CO-PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  AT THIS POINT NO PSE (PRIMARY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS) APPEAR DAMAGED.  SOME DAMAGE TO FIRE RETARDANT TANK AND FAIRINGS ARE NOTED.

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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