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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210 · Norwood, MA · May 7, 1993

Date
May 7, 1993 · 18:32 local
Place
Norwood, MA
Airport
Norwood Memorial Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5902F
Reported as
Cessna 210
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
458 total24 in this make and model13 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 lock left main gear down. Elected to land gear up on grass beside runway. Gear actuator had failed.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOCK LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWN. ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP ON GRASS BESIDE RUNWAY. GEAR ACTUATOR HAD FAILED.