# Incident 19960624021179I: Cessna P210N, Tulsa, OK, June 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1996, 21:20 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Tulsa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1984° N, 95.8881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA INTL (TUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1984&lon=-95.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4811K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4811K-2008-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,825 total, 60 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960624021179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A HARD LANDING AT TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TUL) IN MARCH OF 1996, WITH THE OWNER, MR. DUSANIC, AS PIC. REPAIRS INCLUDED NEW PROP, ENGINE TEARDOWN/REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OF NOSE WHEEL AND TIRE, AS WELL AS MINOR REPAIRS IN NOSE WHEEL WELL. ALL REPAIRS AND GROUND CHECKS WERE COMPLETED ON JUNE 24, 1996, AND OWNER PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT IN THE TULSA AREA, AND UPON RETURNING TO TUL COULD NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. SEVERAL CYCLES OF GEAR WERE MADE AND A FLYBY OF THE TOWER. THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED DOWN TO THE TOWER PERSONNEL, SO MR. DUSANIC DECIDED TO LAND. MR. DUSANIC STATED HE MADE A SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN AND HELD THE NOSE UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, BUT SOON AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE ENGINE WAS IDLING BUT THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY, AND THERE WAS SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND THE GEAR DOORS. MR. DUSANIC AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE TAIL WAS LOWERED, THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED AND AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS, IT FINALLY LOCKED AND THE AIRCRAFT TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A MALFUNCTION OF THE DOWN LOCK MECHANISM AND A M OR D WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

## Other reports on N4811K (2)

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

- [Incident 19870620051499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870620051499I), Jun 20, 1987: Cessna P210N (N4811K), Harbor Springs, MI, Minor damage. Landed with the nose gear retracted. Suspect late gear extension.
- [Incident 19851125064929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851125064929I), Nov 25, 1985: Cessna P210N (N4811K), Erie, PA, Minor damage. Oil on windshield and right main gear partially extended for landing. Ruptured hydraulic line crankshaft seal leak.

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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