# Incident 20190908017959I: Cessna 337D, Litchfield, IL, September 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2019, 16:20 local time
- Place: Litchfield, IL
- Airport: Litchfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1625° N, 89.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LITCHFIELD MUNI (3LF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1625&lon=-89.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N337LF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N337LF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337D (registry code 2075717, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337D
- 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: 14,877 total, 79 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190908017959I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPT 8,2019 AT 1620 LOCAL,  AT LITCHFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (3LF)IN LITCHFIELD, ILLINOIS, N337LF, A CESSNA SKY MASTER, MODEL 337D, S/N 337,  -WHILE REVIEWING SHORT FIELD TAKEOFFS AND SHORT FIELD LANDINGS IN TRAFFIC PATTERN RUNWAY 18 AT LITCHFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (3LF)IN LITCHFIELD, ILLINOIS, N337D LANDED ON RUNWAY 18, WITH THE GEAR UP,  RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM SKIN AND PROP BLADE DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD ENGINE PROP BLADES AND REAR ENGINE PROP BLADES.  THERE WAS NO INJURIES.

AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLETION OF FAA FORM 8020-23, A 44709 RIDE WAS RECOMMENDED, BUT NOT ACTIONED DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT IN THE OFFICE.  THIS WAS CHANGED TO ?NONE? ON 01/28/2020 WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT MR. GROTT WAS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT IN THE ST LOUIS, MO AREA.  THE SPI-FSDO WILL COORDINATE ACTIONS WITH THE STL-FSDO TO ENSURE THE PROPER SANCTION IS CHOSEN.  28 JAN 2020

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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