19791108055069I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P210N · Merced, CA · November 8, 1979

Date
November 8, 1979 · 08:41 local
Place
Merced, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4738P
Reported as
Cessna P210N
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total110 in this make and model0 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.

Unable to lower gear for landing due to missing ball in main gear lock/unlock actuator assembly.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING DUE TO MISSING BALL IN MAIN GEAR LOCK/UNLOCK ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY.