# Incident 19960520041049I: Cessna T210M, Santa Fe, NM, May 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1996, 17:38 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732XE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732XE-2012-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,009 total, 186 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960520041049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 5/20/96, AT 17:38 MDT, CESSNA CT-210M (N732XE), LANDED AT SANTA FE AIRPORT (SAF), SANTA FE, NM WITH THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND WAS RETURNING TO LAND WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER TIPS, NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OFFICERS ON BOARD. OFFICER GREENLEAF HOLDS COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 585130769. NOSE GEAR DOOR BOUND ON AIRCRAFT SKIN AND WOULD NOT FULLY OPEN. THIS PREVENTED THE NOSE GEAR FROM EXTENDING.

## Other reports on N732XE (1)

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

- [Accident 20070924826439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070924826439A), Sep 24, 2007: Cessna T210M (N732XE), Moriarty, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On September 24, 2007, N732XE, a Cessna model T210M, collided with the ground during touch-and-go manuevers. At approximately 1015 local time, N732XE…

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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