19991107032899I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 337A · Olney, TX · November 7, 1999

Date: November 7, 1999 · 15:45 local
Place: Olney, TX
Airport: Olney Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N337JF
Reported as: Cessna 337A
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,705 total8 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N337JFRegistered now · Cessna 337AS/N 3370391 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 337A Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) The pilot had a flight instructor sign off to fly the aircraft solo. The pilot stated that his before landing check was incomplete due to the attention he was directing to his new garmon global positioning system. When he selected gear down, the handle went only as FAR as the neutral position. The gear did not extend and resulted in a gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) THE PILOT HAD A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SIGN OFF TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT SOLO. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECK WAS INCOMPLETE DUE TO THE ATTENTION HE WAS DIRECTING TO HIS NEW GARMON GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM. WHEN HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN, THE HANDLE WENT ONLY AS FAR AS THE NEUTRAL POSITION. THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND AND RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING.