# Accident 19881217055489A: Cessna 210D, Twin Falls, ID, December 17, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1988, 15:25 local time
- Place: Twin Falls, ID
- Airport: Twin Falls-Sun Valley Reg Josl
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4101° N, 114.5893° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4101&lon=-114.5893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3815Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3815Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,391 total, 342 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA89LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881217055489A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR HYDRAULICALLY OR MANUAL.LANDED NOSE GEAR UP.NO DEFECTS FOUND.PRIOR SAME PROBLEM UNSOLVED

## 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 SEA89LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA028), Dec 17, 1988: Cessna 210D (N3815Y), Twin Falls, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3815Y (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20051006027049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051006027049I), Oct 6, 2005: Cessna 210D (N3815Y), Santa Rosa, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On October 6, 2005, at 1430 MDT, a Cessna 210-D, N3815Y, registered to [privacy data omitted] sustained a nose gear collapse during landing at the Santa…
- [Incident 19961002033559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961002033559I), Oct 2, 1996: Cessna 210D (N3815Y), Boise, ID, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot departed boi enroute to sun valley. Boi ATCT advised the pilot that the left main gear did not retract properly. Attempts were made by the…

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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