# Incident 19810712058429I: Cessna 337E, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, July 12, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1981, 10:55 local time
- Place: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Arecibo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4547° N, 66.7353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arecibo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4547&lon=-66.7353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70707, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70707-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337E (registry code 2075721, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810712058429I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO RAISE OR LOWER LANDING GEAR TO LOCKED POSITION. LANDED OFF RUNWAY. HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR EMPTY.

## Other reports on N70707 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790401013659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790401013659I), Apr 1, 1979: Cessna 337E (N70707), Isla Grande, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up, said he had selected gear down, however no gear discrepencies could be found.

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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