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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210M · Smithfield, NC · August 3, 1997

Date: August 3, 1997 · 14:00 local
Place: Smithfield, NC
Airport: Johnston County Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6153B
Reported as: Cessna T210M
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520R
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total175 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N6153BRegistered now · Cessna T210MS/N 21062696 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna T210M Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot tried to put the gear down and the gear doors opened, the nose wheel locked but the mains were just hanging in place. The pilot climbed to about 2000 ft. and tried to manually pump the mains down. Nothing happened. The pilot then checked the fluid level in the reservoir, which was empty. The pilot continued to fly for about 11/2 hours and tried to lower the gear. After several attempts the pilot landed at 5W5 and the aircraft skidded about 1500 feet, then came to a stop. The nose gear door hydraulic hose ruptured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT TRIED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND THE GEAR DOORS OPENED, THE NOSE WHEEL LOCKED BUT THE MAINS WERE JUST HANGING IN PLACE. THE PILOT CLIMBED TO ABOUT 2000 FT. AND TRIED TO MANUALLY PUMP THE MAINS DOWN. NOTHING HAPPENED. THE PILOT THEN CHECKED THE FLUID LEVEL IN THE RESERVOIR, WHICH WAS EMPTY. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO FLY FOR ABOUT 11/2 HOURS AND TRIED TO LOWER THE GEAR. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE PILOT LANDED AT 5W5 AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ABOUT 1500 FEET, THEN CAME TO A STOP. THE NOSE GEAR DOOR HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED.