# Accident 19960401009449A: Cessna 210K, Chicago/West Ch, IL, April 1, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8805° N, 88.2205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8805&lon=-88.2205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9470M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9470M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210K (registry code 2073446, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 900 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960401009449A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING. POSSIBLE HARD LANDING. NO BIENNIAL AND OPERATING WITH THREE ADS NOT COMPLIED. (-23) ON APRIL 01, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS CST A CESSNA 210, N9470M, OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT FRANK P. RIGGIO, CERTIFICATE #1646349, LANDED ON RUNWAY 10 AT THE DUPAGE AIRPORT WEST CHICAGO, IL. UPON LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE FLIGHT WAS IN THE LOCAL AREA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE DUPAGE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1320 HOURS CST. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT. END OF REPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA122), Apr 1, 1996: Cessna 210K (N9470M), West Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel's failure to comply with an airworthiness directive on the landing gear which led to a retraction/extension assembly malfunction.

## Other reports on N9470M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100816049029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100816049029I), Aug 16, 2010: Cessna 210K (N9470M), Melvin, IL, No damage. While on an IFR flight crusing at 10,000 feet the aircraft engine quit and the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing. The airpalne landed on Illinois…

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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