# Incident 20150411007319I: Cessna T337G, Brookneal, VA, April 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2015, 14:20 local time
- Place: Brookneal, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0480° N, 78.9539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brookneal, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0480&lon=-78.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7CY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7CY-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 419 total, 326 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/20150411007319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD DOOR UNLOCK AND OPEN WHILE IN VFR CRUISE FLIGHT AT 9500' MSL.  HE COULD NOT LOCK THE DOOR AND STARTED A DESCENT TO FOR A LANDING AT 0V4.  THE APPROACH WAS A HIGH SPEED RIGHT BASE TURN TO FINAL WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP.  THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED WHILE ON SHORT FINAL.  TOUCH DOWN WAS ATTEMPTED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN TRANSIT.  THE RIGHT MAINMOUNT WHEEL/AXLE/BRAKE ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF DURING THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON THE RUNWAY AND THEN RAN OFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE.  WHILE ROLLING THROUGH THE GRASSY AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT WITHOUT THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY DUG INTO THE GRASS AND WAS FORCED BACK INTO THE RETRACTED POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED TO THE LEFT ABOUT 80 DEGREES AND ROLLED TO THE RIGHT COMING TO REST ON THE RIGHT WINGTIP.

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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