# Incident 19951118037799I: Cessna 337C, West Palm Beach, FL, November 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1995, 16:20 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2503S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2503S-2021-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337C (registry code 2075712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951118037799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT SMELLED THE ODOR OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND OBSERVED THE GEAR HAD NOT FULLY RETRACTED. HE NOTIFIED THE CONTROL TOWER AND DID TWO FLY-BY'S. GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS IN THE INTERMEDIATE POSITION. HE WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND IT WITH THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP AND ELECTED TO FLY AROUND FOR TWO HOURS TO BURN FUEL. ABOUT 10 MI. FROM THE AIRPORT HE FEATHERED THE REAR ENGINE AND POSITIONED THE PROP IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE REAR OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE LEFT LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID/PRESSURE CAUSED BY FLEXIBLE HYD. BRAKE HOSE WHICH CHAFFED HOLE IN ALUMINUM HYD. LINE ALLOWING FLUID TO ESCAPE.

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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