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FAA incident report · Cessna 337 · Mount Pleasant, MI · January 7, 2016

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Date
January 7, 2016 · 15:30 local
Place
Mount Pleasant, MI
Airport
Mount Pleasant Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2290X
Reported as
Cessna 337
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
692 total218 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days
N2290XRegistered now · Cessna 337S/N 337-0190 · Built 1965Airframe modelCessna 337Engine 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.

After aircraft annual inspection was competed at lake view airport (13C), aircraft was flown to its base airport Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (mop). The flight was 29 statute miles long. Pilot entered mop right hand down wind pattern to runway 27, selected 5% flaps to help slow down aircraft and fuel tank selector was checked to be on main tanks for both engines. Pilot lowered and checked landing gear was down, as he turned to base leg he saw the left main gear was down then turning to final to runway 27, he moved props to minimum pitch and put flaps to full down. At the right speeds pilot flare the aircraft, settled down and the main gear folded back up and the front gear stayed down holding the nose high. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway sitting on its nose wheel and the rear main gear doors. Pilot turned the mixture control to full close; fuel shut off and master electrical switch off. Pilot exited the aircraft and walked to the airport office and asked the airport manager to close the runway. Pilot called for help to lift the tail up, moved the gear down and forward and heard and felt it lock down. Then aircraft was towed the aircraft to the hangar. Damage was to aircraft only and limited to main landing gear doors, aft engine prop strike and minor tail boom scrape on bottom of vertical stabilizers.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER AIRCRAFT ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPETED AT LAKE VIEW AIRPORT (13C), AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO ITS BASE AIRPORT MOUNT PLEASANT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MOP). THE FLIGHT WAS 29 STATUTE MILES LONG. PILOT ENTERED MOP RIGHT HAND DOWN WIND PATTERN TO RUNWAY 27, SELECTED 5% FLAPS TO HELP SLOW DOWN AIRCRAFT AND FUEL TANK SELECTOR WAS CHECKED TO BE ON MAIN TANKS FOR BOTH ENGINES. PILOT LOWERED AND CHECKED LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN, AS HE TURNED TO BASE LEG HE SAW THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN THEN TURNING TO FINAL TO RUNWAY 27, HE MOVED PROPS TO MINIMUM PITCH AND PUT FLAPS TO FULL DOWN. AT THE RIGHT SPEEDS PILOT FLARE THE AIRCRAFT, SETTLED DOWN AND THE MAIN GEAR FOLDED BACK UP AND THE FRONT GEAR STAYED DOWN HOLDING THE NOSE HIGH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY SITTING ON ITS NOSE WHEEL AND THE REAR MAIN GEAR DOORS. PILOT TURNED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO FULL CLOSE; FUEL SHUT OFF AND MASTER ELECTRICAL SWITCH OFF. PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WALKED TO THE AIRPORT OFFICE AND ASKED THE AIRPORT MANAGER TO CLOSE THE RUNWAY. PILOT CALLED FOR HELP TO LIFT THE TAIL UP, MOVED THE GEAR DOWN AND FORWARD AND HEARD AND FELT IT LOCK DOWN. THEN AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGAR. DAMAGE WAS TO AIRCRAFT ONLY AND LIMITED TO MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, AFT ENGINE PROP STRIKE AND MINOR TAIL BOOM SCRAPE ON BOTTOM OF VERTICAL STABILIZERS.