# Incident 20170617020569I: Cessna 337A, Sparta, TN, June 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2017, 14:17 local time
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Airport: Upper Cumberland Regional Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0567° N, 85.5301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UPPER CUMBERLAND RGNL (SRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0567&lon=-85.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6297F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6297F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337A (registry code 2075704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170617020569I

## Narrative

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

TWO PILOTS WERE ONBOARD, OWNER AND FRIEND, WHICH ALSO OWNS A CE-337.

THE REGISTERED OWNER WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT.  (SIGNED OFF FOR SOLO FLIGHT IN CE-337)

THE ONLY QUALIFIED PERSON ONBOARD WAS THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER AND HAS OWNED THE SAME TYPE OF AIRCRAFT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IS ALSO A CFI FOR SINGLE ENGINE.

THE OWNER WAS ACTUALLY FLYING THE AIRCRAFT GETTING READY FOR HIS SCHEDULED CHECK RIDE (IN TYPE) IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER IS A CFI BUT NOT FOR THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT BUT HE IS CURRENT IN THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.

THEY BOTH ATTENDED A FAA FASTTEAM SEMINAR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS BEFORE THIS GEAR UP LANDING.

BOTH PILOTS WERE INTERVIEWED AND WERE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION.  THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR NUMEROUS YEARS, IE.. SAME AIRCRAFT WAS BOUGHT BY THE OWERN BECAUSE THE PASSENGER OWNED ONE.

THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER WAS THE PIC FOR THIS FLIGHT BUT DID NOT TOUCH THE CONTROLS.  HE STATED "THEY" WERE DOING TOUCH AND GOES AND THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO CYCLE DOWN AND LOCK.

DAMAGED CONSISTED OF SKID MARKS ON THE BELLY POD AND REAR PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH 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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