# Incident 19971021044089I: Cessna 337, Leonardtown, MD, October 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: Leonardtown, MD
- Airport: St Marys County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3157° N, 76.5522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST MARY'S COUNTY RGNL (2W6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3157&lon=-76.5522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1821M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1821M-2012-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337F (registry code 2075725, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,005 total, 43 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971021044089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 21, 1997, AT 1630 CDT, MS. ERIKA GIGGEY WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND, WHILE GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AND CONDUCTING A TEST FLIGHT IN A CE-337, N1821M, OPERATING UNDER FAR PART 91 AT ST. MARY'S COUNTY AIRPORT (2W6). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 29 DURING A SIMULATED NO FLAP LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO REAR BELLY SKIN AND PROPELLERS. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION, BUT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GEAR HORN WAS SET AT AN INCORRECT SETTING. PIC STATED THE GEAR HORN DID NOT ACTIVATE.

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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