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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206F · Fargo, ND · April 28, 2005

Date: April 28, 2005 · 13:45 local
Place: Fargo, ND
Airport: Hector International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N114GS
Reported as: Cessna U206F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,500 total4,000 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N114GSRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2007 · Cessna U206FS/N U20603077 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna U206F Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) In preparation for landing, the pilot noticed the gear pump light illuminate. Pilot pulled breaker after a couple minutes to prevent pump damage. Gear up lights were not lit showing gear was somewhere between full up and full down. Pilot selected gear down and green lights would not illuminate. Pilot landed on hard surface runway with minimal damage to bottom of floats. Failure of gear hydraulic hose in left float caused loss of all hydraulic fluid resulting in inability to pump gear down manually.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED THE GEAR PUMP LIGHT ILLUMINATE. PILOT PULLED BREAKER AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES TO PREVENT PUMP DAMAGE. GEAR UP LIGHTS WERE NOT LIT SHOWING GEAR WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FULL UP AND FULL DOWN. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND GREEN LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. PILOT LANDED ON HARD SURFACE RUNWAY WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO BOTTOM OF FLOATS. FAILURE OF GEAR HYDRAULIC HOSE IN LEFT FLOAT CAUSED LOSS OF ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID RESULTING IN INABILITY TO PUMP GEAR DOWN MANUALLY.

Other reports on N114GS · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19980714021759ILevel Off Touchdown · Cutty Hunk Isla, MAFailed to check gear on amphibian landed gear down in water. Flipped over.Jul 14, 1998 · Minor damage Incident 19951115040619ITo Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac) · Cutty Hunk Isla, MANarrative: on November 15, 1995, an amphibian Cessna U206F impacted a sand dune after take-off lift was lost. The aircraft departed the water and slid approximately 20 feet across the sand before hitting the dune. The pilot received minor injuries and none of…Nov 15, 1995 · Minor damage