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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210 · Hemet, CA · May 21, 1995

Date: May 21, 1995 · 15:38 local
Place: Hemet, CA
Airport: Hemet-Ryan Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N12WD
Reported as: Cessna 210
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total3,000 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N12WDRegistered now · Cessna 210S/N 57480 Airframe modelCessna 210 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: after takeoff the pilot noted that the landing gear did not retract completely. When he extended the gear it did not indicate a down and locked condition. Repeated cycling of the landing gear with both the normal and emergency systems failed to get a down and locked indication. Upon landing the gear retracted partially and the aircraft slid to a stop. There was minor damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the occupants. Inspection of the aircraft disclosed that there was not enough hydraulic fluid in the reservoir for the retraction system. To function normally. It is not known at this time what malfunction caused the loss of the hydraulic fluid. The owner will submit a maintenance or defect report when a more detailed inspection of the hydraulic system is completed. There was no pilot deviation. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT COMPLETELY. WHEN HE EXTENDED THE GEAR IT DID NOT INDICATE A DOWN AND LOCKED CONDITION. REPEATED CYCLING OF THE LANDING GEAR WITH BOTH THE NORMAL AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS FAILED TO GET A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. UPON LANDING THE GEAR RETRACTED PARTIALLY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR FOR THE RETRACTION SYSTEM. TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. IT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME WHAT MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE LOSS OF THE HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE OWNER WILL SUBMIT A MAINTENANCE OR DEFECT REPORT WHEN A MORE DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM IS COMPLETED. THERE WAS NO PILOT DEVIATION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.