# Incident 20160107000239I: Cessna 337, Mount Pleasant, MI, January 7, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mount Pleasant, MI
- Airport: Mount Pleasant Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6216° N, 84.7373° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT PLEASANT MUNI (MOP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6216&lon=-84.7373&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2290X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2290X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337 (registry code 2075702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 692 total, 218 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160107000239I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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