# Incident 20040508007569I: Cessna P337H, Bowling Green, KY, May 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2004, 09:15 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green-Warren County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9645° N, 86.4197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (BWG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9645&lon=-86.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92GD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92GD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P337H (registry code 2075731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p337h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P337H
- Reported engine: CONT IO360CB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,506 total, 1,636 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040508007569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DR. BUONO HAD A NORMAL TAKEOFF WITH GEAR RETRACTION AND THEN HE HIT A FLOCK OF BIRDS. HE INDICATED THAT GEAR RETRACTION SEEMED LONGER THAN USUAL. THEN ON LANDING DR. BUONO STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE LANDING GEAR DOWN ALL THE WAY. HE THEN RETRACTED THE GEAR AND TRIED TO EXTEND IT TWO MORE TIMES. THEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR W/THE HAND PUMP. AGAIN, IT ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. HE WAS ABLE TO FULLY RETRACT THE GEAR W/THE HAND PUMP. AT THAT POINT, HE LANDED GEAR UP ON RWY 21 AND SHUT DOWN THE REAR ENGINE TO PRECLUDE ANY POSSIBLE PROP DAMAGE. HE SLID APPROX. 600 FT DOWN THE RWY AND WAS ABLE TO PREVENT ANY WING TIP DAMAGE. HE SHUT OFF THE POWER, EXITED THE A/C AND CALLED FBO. DR. BUONO STATED THAT HE HIT A FLOCK OF BIRDS ON TAKEOFF. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LANDING GEAR TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY ON 2 CYCLES (A BLACKBIRD FELL FROM THE GEAR WELL ON GEAR EXTENSION).

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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