# Incident 20060317005759I: Cessna 337G, West Palm Beach, FL, March 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Lorth Palm Beach County Gen Av
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N337DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N337DW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060317005759I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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