Oakdale Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Oakdale, California 95361
Wednesday, March 4, 1998 13:50 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot stated in his accident report that there was no crew action to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

failure of the flight crew to extend the landing gear before landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/4/1998
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1350
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City OAKDALE
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 95361
Event Date Year 1998
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport OAKDALE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 027
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 234
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 250
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 29
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Mar 4 1998 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1455
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Dec 11 2000 10:55AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N37BL
NTSB Number LAX98LA105
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Learjet
Aircraft Model 23
Aircraft Series Identifier 23
Aircraft Serial Number 069
Certified Max Gross Weight 12499
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 8
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jan 29 1998 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 2
Airframe Hours 6747
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name C.G. AVIATION
Aircraft Owner Street Address 2633 LANTANA RD, SUITE 6
Aircraft Owner City LANTANA
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 33462
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name PAC WEST AIRLINES
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 642 HIGH TECH PARKWAY, STE 6,
Operator City OAKDALE
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 95361
Operator Code VPOA
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SCK
Departure City STOCKTON
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1325
Departure Time Zone PST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code O27
Destination City
Destination State CA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 28
Runway Length 3020
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --