# Incident 19890416024909I: Cessna T210N, Fresno, CA, April 16, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1989, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7231N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7231N-1994-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 554 total, 207 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890416024909I

## Narrative

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

NO GEAR SAFE LIGHT. RETURNED TO FRESNO. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N7231N (2)

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

- [Incident 19901123063289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901123063289I), Nov 23, 1990: Cessna T210N (N7231N), Napa, CA. Landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found landing gear actuator had failed.
- [Accident 19871016072849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871016072849A), Oct 16, 1987: Cessna T210N (N7231N), Camas, WA, Substantial damage. Gear struck edge of a plateau on approach to runway. Veered off runway into soft ground. Gear collapsed. Nosed over

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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