- Date
- March 4, 1998, 13:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Oakdale, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37BLLearjet 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980304002559A
- Case key
- 30045
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Probable cause
failure of the flight crew to extend the landing gear before landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated in his accident report that there was no crew action to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown.
Factual narrative
On March 4, 1998, at 1350 hours Pacific standard time, a Learjet 23, N37BL, was substantially damaged when it landed gear up at the Oakdale, California, airport. The airline transport pilot and check pilot, the sole occupants, were not injured and no property damage occurred. The flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91 on a familiarization and training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot stated in his report "the landing gear was never extended and the aircraft was landed with the gear retracted."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37BL
- Reported as
- Learjet 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 069
- Airframe hours
- 6,747
- Engine
- GE CJ-610, 2,950 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pac West Airlines, doing business as Sierra West Airlines
- Registered owner
- C.G. Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 29, 1998 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- SCK · Stockton, CA
- Destination
- O27 · CA
- Airport
- 027 · Oakdale, runway 28, 3,020 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 20 in this make and model · 4,800 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.