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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T337G · Nacogdoches, TX · July 5, 2018

Date: July 5, 2018 · 16:00 local
Place: Nacogdoches, TX
Airport: Nacogdoches A L Mangham Jr Reg
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N325
Reported as: Cessna T337G
Reported engine: Continental IO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,558 total1,810 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N325Registration cancelled Mar 4, 2019 · Cessna T337GS/N P3370237 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna T337G Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While landing at the Nacogdoches at approximately 4:30 pm on runway 36 in light wind and clear skies, at an elevation of around 50 feet, privacy data omitted recognized that he had not lowered the landing gear. His reaction was to activate the landing gear, rather than taking the correct action of pushing the throttle forward for a go around. Upon landing, the partially extended main landing gear collapsed, scuffing the bottom of the plane and allowing the rear prop to strike the runway. The front landing gear held so there was no damage to the cabin, or front part of the aircraft. Their were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING AT THE NACOGDOCHES AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM ON RUNWAY 36 IN LIGHT WIND AND CLEAR SKIES, AT AN ELEVATION OF AROUND 50 FEET, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECOGNIZED THAT HE HAD NOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. HIS REACTION WAS TO ACTIVATE THE LANDING GEAR, RATHER THAN TAKING THE CORRECT ACTION OF PUSHING THE THROTTLE FORWARD FOR A GO AROUND. UPON LANDING, THE PARTIALLY EXTENDED MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, SCUFFING THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANE AND ALLOWING THE REAR PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE FRONT LANDING GEAR HELD SO THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE CABIN, OR FRONT PART OF THE AIRCRAFT. THEIR WERE NO INJURIES.