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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210A · Pasco, WA · May 9, 1995

Date: May 9, 1995 · 15:00 local
Place: Pasco, WA
Airport: Tri Cities Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9517X
Reported as: Cessna 210A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total2,000 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N9517XRegistered now · Cessna 210AS/N 21057817 · Built 1961 Airframe modelCessna 210A Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on may 9, 1995, at about 1500 PDT, a Cessna 210-A, N9517X, owned and operated by james e. kelley, sustained minor damage when the nose gear failed to extend on landing at tri-Cities airport, Pasco, Washington, while on a personal flight. Neither the pilot nor the two passengers were injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight departed boise, Idaho at about 1330 PDT. The pilot stated during a telephone interview that he was unsuccessful at obtaining a gear down and locked indication. Several passes had been made by the tower and even though the gear appeared to be down, the nose gear collapsed upon touch down. The pilot stated that a wire had broken in the nose gear area. He stated that the damage was confined to the nose gear door and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 9, 1995, AT ABOUT 1500 PDT, A CESSNA 210-A, N9517X, OWNED AND OPERATED BY JAMES E. KELLEY, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND ON LANDING AT TRI-CITIES AIRPORT, PASCO, WASHINGTON, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED BOISE, IDAHO AT ABOUT 1330 PDT. THE PILOT STATED DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT OBTAINING A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. SEVERAL PASSES HAD BEEN MADE BY THE TOWER AND EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON TOUCH DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT A WIRE HAD BROKEN IN THE NOSE GEAR AREA. HE STATED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE NOSE GEAR DOOR AND PROPELLER.