# Incident 20050428014139I: Cessna U206F, Fargo, ND, April 28, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2005, 13:45 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N114GS-2007-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 4,000 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/20050428014139I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19980714021759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980714021759I), Jul 14, 1998: Cessna U206F (N114GS), Cutty Hunk Isla, MA, Minor damage. Failed to check gear on amphibian landed gear down in water. Flipped over.
- [Incident 19951115040619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951115040619I), Nov 15, 1995: Cessna U206F (N114GS), Cutty Hunk Isla, MA, Minor damage. Narrative: 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…

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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