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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 337D · Midland, VA · June 25, 2019

Date
June 25, 2019 · 12:00 local
Place
Midland, VA
Airport
Warrenton Fauquier
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N85918
Reported as
Cessna 337D
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
795 total768 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot and passenger departed manassas (hef) on a personal/pleasure flight in a Cessna 337. They flew to culpeper (cjr) where they made two approaches and landings, cycling the landing gear each time. They departed culpeper and flew to Warrenton-Fauquier airport and made one approach. Pilot and passenger confirmed landing gear handle was placed in the down position but neither person verified the landing gear in the mirror on the wing strut. Pilot made the final approach and flared as normal. Gear on aircraft was not down and the aircraft landed on its undercarriage. Airplane came to rest right of the center line on runway 33. Pilot and passenger were able to exit the airplane with no injuries. Aircraft sustained damage to the undercarriage and both propellers.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED MANASSAS (HEF) ON A PERSONAL/PLEASURE FLIGHT IN A CESSNA 337. THEY FLEW TO CULPEPER (CJR) WHERE THEY MADE TWO APPROACHES AND LANDINGS, CYCLING THE LANDING GEAR EACH TIME. THEY DEPARTED CULPEPER AND FLEW TO WARRENTON-FAUQUIER AIRPORT AND MADE ONE APPROACH. PILOT AND PASSENGER CONFIRMED LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT NEITHER PERSON VERIFIED THE LANDING GEAR IN THE MIRROR ON THE WING STRUT. PILOT MADE THE FINAL APPROACH AND FLARED AS NORMAL. GEAR ON AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS UNDERCARRIAGE. AIRPLANE CAME TO REST RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE ON RUNWAY 33. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE WITH NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND BOTH PROPELLERS.