# Incident 19950326009449I: Cessna T210K, Palo Alto, CA, March 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1995, 18:14 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950326009449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH TO PAO, HE HAD TO CYCLE THE LANDING GEAR TWICE BEFORE HE GOT A GREEN DOWN LIGHT FOR THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER LANDING, AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED FOR A LEFT HAND TURN OFF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. INSPECTORS NOTE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS MANUALLY LOWERED IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DOWN LOCK WOULD NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LOCK WAS PARTIALLY FROZEN DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION. THE LAST MAINTENANCE TO THE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN PERFORMED EIGHT MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN IN WET WEATHER AND IS PARKED OUTSIDE WHEN NOT IN USE. NO PILOT DEVIATION AND NO. 8020-11 GENERATED. THIS TERMINATES THE INVESTIGATION AND THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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