# Incident 20230212004719I: Robert Michael Kuklo BARRACUDA, Tracy, CA, February 12, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2023, 15:11 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Tracy Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6889° N, 121.4416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRACY MUNI (TCY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-121.4416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57GF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57GF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robert Michael Kuklo BARRACUDA (registry code 05631Q0, https://openairdocs.org/model/robert-michael-kuklo-barracuda) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-E4B5 (registry code 42342, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-e4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBERT MICHAEL KUKLO BARRACUDA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-E4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230212004719I

## Narrative

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

UPON RETURN TO KTCY A STANDARD LEFT 45 PATTERN TO RUNWAY 30 WAS INITIATED. UPON TURNING DOWNWIND THE GEAR WAS SELECTED "DOWN". GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS AND VISUAL OBSERVATION (AIRCRAFT HAS A HD TV BELLY CAMERA) SHOW NEGITIVE NOSE GEAR FUNCTION. STANDARD EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS USED TO WORK THE PROBLEM, THIS INCLUDED FUNCTION OF THE EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN SYSTEM. THE PROCESS DID NOT CORRECT THE MALFUNCTION. A LANDING ON THE MAIN GEAR WAS MADE IN AN ATTEMPT TO "JAR" THE GEAR DOWN BUT TO NO AVAIL. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN TO AN ALTITUDE SAFE FOR THE CONDUCT OF A "DEAD STICK" LANDING, WHICH WAS PERFORMED ON THE INACTIVE RUNWAY (CALM WIND DAY) WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE. RADIO COMMUNICATION WAS MAINTAINED WITH ALL KTCY AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN A SAFE CONDITION, A RADIO TRANSMISSION TO THAT EFFECT WAS MADE.

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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