# Incident 20090318002219I: Cessna M337B, Lehighton, PA, March 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lehighton, PA
- Airport: Jake Arner Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8095° N, 75.7615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAKE ARNER MEML (22N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8095&lon=-75.7615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102WB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N102WB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna M337B (registry code 2075708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-m337b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-D (registry code 17149, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA M337B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,007 total, 658 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090318002219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND INTO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.  A FLY-BY REVEALED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE MID POSITION, WITH THE NOSE GEAR FULL DOWN.  AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY THE PILOT TO RETRACT THE GEAR, BUT THE LANDING GEAR STAYED IN THE MID POSITION.  A LANDING WAS MADE WITH THE GEAR IN THE MID POSITION, WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE MAIN GEAR DOORS, BOTH FORWARD AND AFT DOORS SUSTAINED DAMAGE ALONG WITH THE REAR ENGINE PROP.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE HANGAR FOR TROUBLESHOOTING.  WITH EXTERNAL HYDRAULIC POWER APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD ONLY COMPLETE A PARTIAL CYCLE AND STUCK IN THE MID POSITION.  THE HYDRAULIC POWER PACK WAS REMOVED FOR EVALUATION AND OVERHAUL.

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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