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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna O2A · Ft Myers, FL · February 7, 2004

Date: February 7, 2004 · 11:48 local
Place: Ft Myers, FL
Airport: Page Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N302A
Reported as: Cessna O2A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total350 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N302ARegistration cancelled Aug 11, 2005 · Cessna 337BS/N 337M0099 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 337B Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On February 7, 2004, at 1148 EDT, a Cessna 337-O2A, registered to dennis c. labbe, landed with the gear partially extended at Page Field, Ft Myers, Florida, while on a pleasure flight. On departure from Page Field the landing gear would not fully retract. Pilot selected gear down and tried to extend the gear using the hand pump. The gear would not fully extend. Subsequent investigation revealed a small hole from electrical arcing on a landing hydraulic line. The line is located next to the battery which was recently replaced. The aircraft sustained minor damage and no injuries to pilot or passenger. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The flight originated at Page Field (fmy) in ft. Myers, Florida.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 7, 2004, AT 1148 EDT, A CESSNA 337-O2A, REGISTERED TO DENNIS C. LABBE, LANDED WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED AT PAGE FIELD, FT MYERS, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. ON DEPARTURE FROM PAGE FIELD THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE HAND PUMP. THE GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SMALL HOLE FROM ELECTRICAL ARCING ON A LANDING HYDRAULIC LINE. THE LINE IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE BATTERY WHICH WAS RECENTLY REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PAGE FIELD (FMY) IN FT. MYERS, FLORIDA.