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FAA incident report · Cessna 337G · West Palm Beach, FL · March 17, 2006

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Date
March 17, 2006 · 17:30 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Lorth Palm Beach County Gen Av
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N337DW
Reported as
Cessna 337G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total1,000 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N337DWRegistered now · Cessna 337GS/N 33701652 · Built 1975Airframe modelCessna 337GEngine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On March 17, 2006, at about 17:30 a Cessna 337-G aircraft N337DW, registered to r&r aircraft inc. operating as a 14 CFR part 91 private flight, made an emergency/gear up landing on runway 31 at north Palm Beach county general aviation report (F45). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot was a commercial rated and reported no injuries. The flight originated from tampa north aero park airport (X39). The pilot stated that he selected the landing handle to the down position and the landing gear failed to extend, all 3 gear indicated unsafe. Pilot re-cycled the gear handle and the gear still indicated unsafe. The pilot checked the aircraft hydraulic quantity using the dip stick in the cabin and found it to be empty, then added a bottle of water to the hydraulic system but the gear did not extend. The pilot privacy data omitted elected to make a gear up landing at (F45) after he had exhausted all normal and emergency procedures. The aircraft came to rest on runway 31 at (F45). The aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 17, 2006, AT ABOUT 17:30 A CESSNA 337-G AIRCRAFT N337DW, REGISTERED TO R&R AIRCRAFT INC. OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PRIVATE FLIGHT, MADE AN EMERGENCY/GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION REPORT (F45). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT WAS A COMMERCIAL RATED AND REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TAMPA NORTH AERO PARK AIRPORT (X39). THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SELECTED THE LANDING HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND, ALL 3 GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. PILOT RE-CYCLED THE GEAR HANDLE AND THE GEAR STILL INDICATED UNSAFE. THE PILOT CHECKED THE AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC QUANTITY USING THE DIP STICK IN THE CABIN AND FOUND IT TO BE EMPTY, THEN ADDED A BOTTLE OF WATER TO THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM BUT THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ ELECTED TO MAKE A GEAR UP LANDING AT (F45) AFTER HE HAD EXHAUSTED ALL NORMAL AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 31 AT (F45). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.