# Incident 19951220047569I: Cessna 210E, Mesa, AZ, December 20, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1995, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2323F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2323F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951220047569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1995, AT 1530 MST, A CESSNA 210E, N2323F, LANDED WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR IN THE "UP" POSITION AT FALCON FIELD, MESA, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES, VISUAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THE PART 91 FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MESA, ARIZONA AT APPROXIMATELY 1435 MST. THE AIRPLANE IS ON LEASE TO AN OPERATOR AT FALCON FIELD. IT HAD BEEN FLOWN BY ANOTHER PILOT THE MORNING OF THIS INCIDENT. THE OTHER PILOT HAD TO MANUALLY PUMP THE GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING AT FALCON FIELD, AND HAD LEFT THE EMERGENCY PUMP HANDLE EXTENDED TO ALERT THE NEXT RENTER. HE TOLD THE OPERATOR BY PHONE (BECAUSE NO ONE WAS IN THE OFFICE) OF A PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR. HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE SQUAWK SHEET WAS AND COULD NOT FIND THE AIRCRAFT LOGS. WHEN THE PILOT DURING THIS INCIDENT PREFLIGHTED THE AIRPLANE, HE SAID HE NOTICED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR PUMP HANDLE PULLED OUT. HE TALKED WITH THE OPERATOR WHO EXPLAINED THE PREVIOUS PILOT COULD NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT AND PUMPED THE HANDLE. HE PREFLIGHTED THE AIRPLANE. DURING HIS TAKEOFF, THE TOWER INFORMED HIM THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED ALL THE WAY. HE TRIED TO LOWER THE GEAR WITH THE LEVER, BUT IT WOULD NOT LOWER. HE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO PUMP IT DOWN WITH THE EMERGENCY HANDLE. WHEN THEY DID THEIR EMERGENCY LANDING, ONLY THE NOSE WHEEL WAS DOWN. INCIDENT 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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