# Incident 20010424007439I: Conaer LA4200, West Palm Beach, FL, April 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2001, 16:50 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Lorth Palm Beach County Gen Av
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: CGPXH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 502 total, 432 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010424007439I

## Narrative

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

(-23)CANADIAN REGISTERED AIRCRAFT AND PILOT HAD BEEN DOING TOUCH AND GO AT INDIANTOWN AIRPORT RETURNED TO F45 (NORTH COUNTY) FOR LANDING AFTER HEARING HYDRAULIC PUMP CYCLE SEVERAL TIMES. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AT F45 GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND AND COULD NOT GEAR TO RETRACT TO FULL UP POSITION.  PILOT DECLARED TO ATC EMERGENCY WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE AND POLICE RESPONDING.  LANDING AT F45 GRASS STRIP ADJACENT TO RWY 13/31 AT F45 WITH GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  LANDING ON GRASS WAS CONTROLLED SUCESSFULLY WITH NO INJURIES TO PILOT.  AIRCRAFT CLEARED FROM GRASS AT AM NEXT DAY.  POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING DOOR AND HINGES AND SKINNED PAINT ON FULL FROM GRASS LANDING.  FLAP ACTUATOR SEAL LEAKING FLUID CAUSED LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PRESSURE.  REPLACED SEALS (3) LISTED BY PART NUMBER ON PAGE ONE OF THE REPORT.

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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