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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 337G · Orange, MA · June 4, 2017

Date: June 4, 2017 · 13:42 local
Place: Orange, MA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N53657
Reported as: Cessna 337G
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,100 total1,380 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N53657Registration cancelled Jul 13, 2018 · Cessna 337GS/N 33701760 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 337G 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.

The aircraft and two occupants were on the return leg of a flight from the Orange airport in Orange, MA to keene airport, keene NH. On the return leg to ore the pilot in command negelected to lower the landing gear during his normal arrival sequence. The pilot also forgot to accomplish his final landing checklist items and did not notice that the gear was not selected to the down position. Additionally it was reported by the pilot, the aircraft owner, that the gear warning horn was not operational at the time of this incident and so did not function as a warning of the gear retracted when the power was reduced to idle for landing. The aircraft landed with the gear retracted and minor damage resulted from contact with the runway. Both occupants exited the aircraft with no injuries and the aircraft was placed on trailer by airport personnel and moved to the hangar area.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT AND TWO OCCUPANTS WERE ON THE RETURN LEG OF A FLIGHT FROM THE ORANGE AIRPORT IN ORANGE, MA TO KEENE AIRPORT, KEENE NH. ON THE RETURN LEG TO ORE THE PILOT IN COMMAND NEGELECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR DURING HIS NORMAL ARRIVAL SEQUENCE. THE PILOT ALSO FORGOT TO ACCOMPLISH HIS FINAL LANDING CHECKLIST ITEMS AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION. ADDITIONALLY IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS NOT OPERATIONAL AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT AND SO DID NOT FUNCTION AS A WARNING OF THE GEAR RETRACTED WHEN THE POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED AND MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON TRAILER BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL AND MOVED TO THE HANGAR AREA.