# Accident 20180529015099A: Cessna 337E, Atlanta, GA, May 29, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2018, 13:45 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8756° N, 84.3019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8756&lon=-84.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86507, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86507-2021-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337E (registry code 2075721, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,087 total, 387 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180529015099A

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPROACHED AIRPORT FROM SOUTH EAST, TOWER GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO DO LEFT BASE TO RUNWAY 21L. ON FINAL APPROACH PILOT FOLLOWED THROUGH LANDING PROCEDURES AND NOTICED GEAR WAS NOT WORKING, PILOT THEN DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH TOWER. PILOT REQUESTED PERMISSION TO TRAVEL NORTH OF THE AIRPORT WHERE HE PERFORMED FIGURE EIGHTS FOR CLOSE TO 45 MINUTES. PASSENGER ASSISTED PILOT WHILE HE CIRCLED. PILOT CHECKED FUSES AND RECYCLED GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES. THE EMERGENCY PUMP WAS COMPLETELY DEAD, PILOT TRIED OVER 500 TO 1000 TIMES TO PUMP IT DOWN UNSUCCESSFULLY. PILOT WAS ABLE TO LOOK UNDERNEATH FORWARD CONSOLE PANEL WHERE THE PUMP IS LOCATED AND NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE OF RED HYDRAULIC FLUID. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT CONCLUDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO A GEAR UP LANDING. PILOT THEN CONTACTED THE TOWER AND PROCEEDED TO DO A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 21R BETWEEN 1:30 P.M. AND 2 O'CLOCK LOCAL TIME PILOT DID A FULL SHUTDOWN BEFORE HE TOUCHED DOWN, ELECTRICAL AND FUEL TANKS OFF; AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP SAFELY. NO FIRE, NO INJURIES TO ANYONE ONBOARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA18LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA176), May 29, 2018: Cessna 337 (N86507), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An area of pitting and corrosion on the surface of the aluminum hydraulic line connecting the emergency handle/pump to the electric hydraulic pump, which resulted in a loss of hydraulic pressure and…

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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