# Incident 19960607019299I: Cessna T210N, Olathe, KS, June 7, 1996 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 7, 1996, 11:40 local time - Place: Olathe, KS - Airport: Johnson County Executive Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 38.8476° N, 94.7376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC (OJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8476&lon=-94.7376&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6939N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6939N) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960607019299I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NARRATIVE: REPORTING INSPECTOR WAS AT OJC & BECAME AWARE OF A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM BEING EXPERIENCED BY PIC OF N6939N. A/C MADE LOW PASS SO THAT OJC ATCT COULD OBSERVE GEAR POSITION, THEN APPROACHED TO LAND (PIC CHOSE TO MAKE T&G). A/C RETURNED FOR LANDING, TOUCHING DOWN ON MAINS AS PIC HELD NOSE GEAR OFF THE RWY AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. A/C CONTINUED ROLLING OUT & HAD NEARLY COME TO A STOP WHEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A/C SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. DAMAGE LIMITED TO PROPELLER, EXHAUST STACK & NOSE GEAR DOORS. THERE WAS NO FIRE & THE PIC (ONLY OCCUPANT) WAS NOT INJURED. N6939'S TAIL WAS LOWERED SO THAT AN A&P MECH. COULD INSPECT & SECURE THE NOSE GEAR. HE NOTICED PRESSURE AGAINST THE ACTUATOR & ENTERED THE COCKPIT TO VERIFY GEAR DOWN SWITCH & MOTOR CIRCUITRY. HE THEN PUMPED THE MANUAL EXTENSION HANDLE 3 TIMES & THE NOSE GEAR LOCKED INTO PLACE. THE A/C WAS THEN TOWED TO EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT ENGINES HANGAR. THE A/C WAS PUT ON JACKS & THE NOSE GEAR ASS'Y WAS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED. A TOTAL OF 6 GEAR RETRACTION/EXTENSION TESTS WERE PERFORMED: 5 WITH LANDING GEAR SWITCH & MOTOR AND 1 MANUAL (EMERGENCY) EXTENSION. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FUNCTIONED SATISFACTORILY. THE PIC WAS INTERVIEWED & THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED CHECKLIST WAS REVIEWED. THE PIC DEMONSTRATED AN ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING THE LANDING GEAR & THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING THE LANDING GEAR & THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. PIC STATED THAT HE PUMPED THE HANDLE MORE THAN HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE TO & THAT IT NEVER FIRMED UP, A SIGN THAT THE GEAR WAS COMPLETELY EXTENDED. IT WAS EVIDENT FROM OBSERVING THE COCKPIT AFTER THE INCIDENT THAT THE MANUAL EXTENSION HANDLE WAS EXTENDED & HAD BEEN USED. THE A&P HAD NO IMMEDIATE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE PIC COULD NOT FULLY EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR MANUALLY WHILE IN FLIGHT; YET THE SYSTEM APPEARED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY WHILE THE A/C WAS ON JACKS. HIS INTENTION IS TO DISMANTLE THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR & REPORT ANY FINDINGS. N6939N IS REGISTERED TO: ORION CONSTRUCTION, INC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PIC IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO PICK UP AN EMPLOYEE IN HERRIGNTON, KS & TRANSPORT HIM TO A JOB SITE IN THE WICHITA AREA. UPON ARRIVAL AT HERRINGTON THE PIC DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SAFE LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE & ELECTED TO RETURN TO OJC. THIS INCIDENT, NO.CE96IGA0080, IS CLOSED. ## Other reports on N6939N (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19850704064289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850704064289A), Jul 4, 1985: Cessna T210N (N6939N), Eldon, MO, Substantial damage. Landed gear up. Reported warning horn failed to operate. No malfunctioning found in gear mechanism. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.