# Incident 20010517012269I: Cessna P337H, Minneapolis, MN, May 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2001, 16:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4DU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4DU-2003-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P337H (registry code 2075731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p337h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P337H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010517012269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 60 KM NORTH OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, PILOT NOTICED LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LITE WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. PILOT TRIED TO CYCLE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES INCLUDING EMERGENCY SYSTEM. EMERGENCY SYSTEM WHEN PUMPED FELT SPONGY.  A FLY BY INDICATED THE RIGHT GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.  PILOT LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE ACTION REVEALED THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR/PUMP EMPTY.  A HYDRAULIC LINE AT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS LEAKING.  PILOT NOT CURRENT FOR BFR.  IGL1520010051.

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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