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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 337A · Norfolk, VA · March 25, 2009

Date: March 25, 2009 · 12:00 local
Place: Norfolk, VA
Airport: Hampton Roads Executive
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6243F
Reported as: Cessna 337A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,800 total57 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N6243FRegistered now · Cessna 337AS/N 337-0243 · Built 1965 Airframe modelCessna 337A Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot stated landing gear down was selected five miles out on final approach to runway 10, pvg, Hampton Roads Executive Airport, portsmouth, Virginia. A down and locked landing gear indication on the instrument panel was observed and the pilot had a visual confirmation that the landing gear was down. Pilot reported that during the landing rollout all landing gear collapsed and aircraft skidded to a stop on runway with no injury to occupant. A subsequent inspection of the aircraft by the FAA found the damage to the landing gear doors consistent with pilot mismanagment of the landing gear. Additionally, the design of the aircraft landing gear system reduces probability that the landing gear collapsed on landing rollout.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED LANDING GEAR DOWN WAS SELECTED FIVE MILES OUT ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 10, PVG, HAMPTON ROADS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. A DOWN AND LOCKED LANDING GEAR INDICATION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS OBSERVED AND THE PILOT HAD A VISUAL CONFIRMATION THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ALL LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON RUNWAY WITH NO INJURY TO OCCUPANT. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA FOUND THE DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR DOORS CONSISTENT WITH PILOT MISMANAGMENT OF THE LANDING GEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE DESIGN OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REDUCES PROBABILITY THAT THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT.