# Incident 20091209052659I: Cessna 337C, San Juan, PR, December 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Fernando Ribas Dominicci
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2669S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2669S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337C (registry code 2075712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091209052659I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 9, 2009, MR. RENE  FERNANDEZ, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 584583365, DEPARTED ISLA GRANDE AIRPORT IN HIS CESSNA 337, N2669S, FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH A FRIEND, WHO IS ALSO A PILOT.AROUND 20 MINUTES LATER HE RETURNED THE AIRPORT FOR A LANDING. AFTER LOWERING  THE GEAR HANDLE HE DID NOT GET A RESPONSE FROM THE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS. AFTER LOOKING THE LEFT HAND SIDE MIRROR HE NOTICED THE MAIN GEAR FLOATING BACK AND FORTH. MR. FERNANDEZ REQUESTED A LOW APPROACH TO CONFIRM WITH THE CONTROL TOWER. THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE GEAR WAS HALF WAY DOWN. AFTER TRYING SEVERAL TIMES THE CHECK LIST EMERGENCY PROCEDURE FOR LOWERING THE GEAR, IT REMAINED THE SAME. AFTER THAT HE SAW HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE FLOOR. HE THEN DECIDED TO ADVISE THE TOWER OF AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. OVER THE RUNWAY HE FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE IN ITS BELLY WITHOUT MAJOR INCIDENTS. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A BROKEN HYDRAULIC DOWN LINE FROM THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY.

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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