# Incident 19950509042389I: Cessna 210A, Pasco, WA, May 9, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1995, 15:00 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9517X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9517X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950509042389I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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