20070402004889I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 337G · Smyrna, TN · April 2, 2007

Date
April 2, 2007 · 17:35 local
Place
Smyrna, TN
Airport
Smyrna
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31VR
Reported as
Cessna 337G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,406 total325 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Instructor and student were practicing touch and go at Smyrna towered airport and forgot to put landing gear down on third approach. Aircraft landed gear up damaging both props and belly skin of aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO AT SMYRNA TOWERED AIRPORT AND FORGOT TO PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN ON THIRD APPROACH. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP DAMAGING BOTH PROPS AND BELLY SKIN OF AIRCRAFT.