20000227001649I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 411 · Minneapolis, MN · February 27, 2000

Date: February 27, 2000 · 13:02 local
Place: Minneapolis, MN
Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N34WS
Reported as: Cessna 411
Reported engine: Continental GTSIO520C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 863 total174 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N34WSRegistration cancelled May 10, 2002 · Cessna 411S/N 411-0087 · Built 1965 Airframe modelCessna 411 Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-CReciprocating

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.

(-23) After executing his third touch and go at cambridge, MN, the pilot retracted the landing gear. The pilot thought he heard/felt a crunching sound and did not get a gear up light. The pilot circled the cambridge area for approx. 1.75 hours trying to extent the gear. All attempts to extend the gear failed and at 1902Z, 1302 local, the pilot made a gear up landing at Minneapolis Anoka county airport. There was one person on board, no injuries, minor damage to the aircraft. Aircraft was removed from the active runway by crystal shamrock.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER EXECUTING HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO AT CAMBRIDGE, MN, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THOUGHT HE HEARD/FELT A CRUNCHING SOUND AND DID NOT GET A GEAR UP LIGHT. THE PILOT CIRCLED THE CAMBRIDGE AREA FOR APPROX. 1.75 HOURS TRYING TO EXTENT THE GEAR. ALL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR FAILED AND AT 1902Z, 1302 LOCAL, THE PILOT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT MINNEAPOLIS ANOKA COUNTY AIRPORT. THERE WAS ONE PERSON ON BOARD, NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY BY CRYSTAL SHAMROCK.