What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On February 14, 2004 N27JS, a Cessna 177RG operated by privacy data omitted landed gear up at Greenwood Municipal Airport. privacy data omitted Was out on a local pleasure flight. He said that on his approach to Greenwood he smelled smoke (like electrical smoke). He said he turned off the master switch to inhibit any electrical fire. I asked privacy data omitted if then manually pumped the gear down. He said that he did not because he thought the gear was already down. The FAA inspector who was at the scene within an hour after the event said he did not smell any evidence of an electrical fire. An investigation after the aircraft was moved to a hanger found no evidence of electrical shorts or burned wires. A gear retraction test found that the gear worked well in all modes and even in the manual mode.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON FEBRUARY 14, 2004 N27JS, A CESSNA 177RG OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED GEAR UP AT GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OUT ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. HE SAID THAT ON HIS APPROACH TO GREENWOOD HE SMELLED SMOKE (LIKE ELECTRICAL SMOKE). HE SAID HE TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH TO INHIBIT ANY ELECTRICAL FIRE. I ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IF THEN MANUALLY PUMPED THE GEAR DOWN. HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS ALREADY DOWN. THE FAA INSPECTOR WHO WAS AT THE SCENE WITHIN AN HOUR AFTER THE EVENT SAID HE DID NOT SMELL ANY EVIDENCE OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. AN INVESTIGATION AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A HANGER FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ELECTRICAL SHORTS OR BURNED WIRES. A GEAR RETRACTION TEST FOUND THAT THE GEAR WORKED WELL IN ALL MODES AND EVEN IN THE MANUAL MODE.
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