# Incident 20231226022079I: Cessna 340A, Sea Ranch, CA, December 26, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2023, 12:30 local time
- Place: Sea Ranch, CA
- Airport: Sea Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7046° N, 123.4325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THE SEA RANCH (CA51), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7046&lon=-123.4325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400HC-2025-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,345 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231226022079I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED KSMO APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM PST ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2023 WITH 3 PAX ON BOARD FOR 2 HOUR FLIGHT TO CA51. PER AIRSTRIP BRIEFING , APPROACHED UPWIND PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 30 TO THE WEST, OBSERVED THE WIND SOCK AND NOTED CALM WINDS, RUNWAY CLEAR OF OBSTRUCTIONS, SELECTED 10 DEGREES FLAPS, TURNED CROSS WIND OVER MIDFIELD, AND ENTERED RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 30. IN DOWN WIND SELECTED LANDING GEAR SWITCH DOWN POSITION, STARTED DESCENT, SELECTED 20 DEGREES FLAPS, MADE BASE TURN, THEN FINAL, 30 DEGREES FLAPS, AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. LANDING GEAR DID NOT DEPLOY. MADE SOFT BELLY LANDING AND SLID TO A STOP ABOUT 3/4 DOWN THE RUNWAY. TURNED OFF POWER AND FUEL AND QUICKLY EVACUATED PASSENGERS. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO INJURIES. THE GEAR SWITCH WAS DOWN, BUT GEAR ACTUATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND TO BE OPEN. A MECHANIC DID COME OUT AND THE ELECTRICAL FAULT THAT POPPED THE LANDING GEAR COULD  NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE LANDING GEAR WAS SWUNG NORMALLY AND IT WORKED.

## Other reports on N400HC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160308003719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160308003719I), Mar 8, 2016: Cessna 340A (N400HC), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. This aircraft was being used in the performance of an angel flight to transporting an ambulatory pax (1) from smo to Santa barbara (sba) for liver transplant…

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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