# Incident 20160202024989I: Cessna 337, Honolulu, HI, February 2, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2016, 12:27 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Phnl
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22DG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22DG-2018-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337 (registry code 2075702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,709 total, 28 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160202024989I

## Narrative

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

N22DG DEPARTED HNL DESTINATION JOHN RODGER?S FIELD (PHJR), WHILE AIRBORNE ON THE TOWER FREQUENCY ASKED TO RETURN TO LAND DUE TO ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. WHILE INBOUND TO HNL IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT HE DIDN?T HAVE A GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN INDICATION. A LOW APPROACH OVER RWY 4L CONFIRMED THAT NO LANDING GEAR WAS OBSERVED. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO BURN THE 5 HOURS OF FUEL ON THE AIRPLANE. WHILE HOLDING HE SHUT DOWN THE FRONT ENGINE AND REQUESTED TO DITCH THE PLANE IN THE SEA LANE. THE PILOT STATED HE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. ATC CLEARED THE PILOT TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT WAS RESCUED BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WITHOUT INCIDENT AND NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N22DG (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19881207066119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881207066119I), Dec 7, 1988: Cessna 337H (N22DG), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Doing touch and go landings pilot forgot to lower gear and landed with gear up. State he did not hear warning horn.
- [Incident 19811130083639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811130083639I), Nov 30, 1981: Cessna 337 (N22DG), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Advised gear not down on level off for landing. Made go around but rear propeller and antenna struck runway.

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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