# Accident 20180808015109A: Cessna T337G, Lewiston, ID, August 8, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2018, 18:12 local time
- Place: Lewiston, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3750° N, 117.0100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3750&lon=-117.0100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N255, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N255) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,459 total, 631 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180808015109A

## Narrative

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

GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN. PILOT LANDED GEAR UP WITHOUT INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. MAIN GEAR "CLAMSHELL" GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR RETAINING BUSHING CIRCLIPS HAD RELEASED THE BUSHING, WHICH SLID OUT OF THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ON BOTH SIDES, RELEASING HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PRESSURE. NO INCORRECT MAINTENANCE OR PARTS WERE FOUND. UPON RE-SEATING THE SAME BUSHINGS AND CIRCLIPS, THE GEAR SWUNG IN NORMAL FASHION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR18LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA215), Aug 9, 2018: Cessna T337 (N255), Lewiston, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The liberation of an internal snap ring from a landing gear door actuator, which resulted in a complete loss of hydraulic fluid and a gear-up landing. Contributing to the accident was the failure of…

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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