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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 650 · Garden City, KS · December 5, 2021

Date: December 5, 2021 · 13:33 local
Place: Garden City, KS
Airport: Garden City Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N650WA
Reported as: Cessna 650
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Unknown or foreign certificate

N650WARegistered now · Cessna 650S/N 650-0047 Airframe modelCessna 650 Engine modelGarrett TFE731 seriesTurbo-fan

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.

N650WA, C650, pwa-ptv, reported a hydraulic issue but pilot did not declare an emergency. Tower observed that only the left main gear appeared down; ATC declared precautionary emergency. Subsequently, the pilot was able to manually lower the gear. Acft landed RWY35 and became immobile on the rwy. Acft had to be towed off the rwy to the ramp. ARFF reported "a lot of hydraulic fluid leaking from the acft."

As the FAA filed it

N650WA, C650, PWA-PTV, REPORTED A HYDRAULIC ISSUE BUT PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. TOWER OBSERVED THAT ONLY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR APPEARED DOWN; ATC DECLARED PRECAUTIONARY EMERGENCY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR. ACFT LANDED RWY35 AND BECAME IMMOBILE ON THE RWY. ACFT HAD TO BE TOWED OFF THE RWY TO THE RAMP. ARFF REPORTED "A LOT OF HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING FROM THE ACFT."