# Incident 19970925033239I: Cessna T210M, Mason City, IA, September 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1997, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mason City, IA
- Airport: Mason City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1578° N, 93.3312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON CITY MUNI (MCW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1578&lon=-93.3312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6704B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6704B-2007-05-11) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970925033239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP AFTER ALL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR NORMALLY AND USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND BOTH SYSTEMS WERE USED TO LOWER THE GEAR ELECTRIC HYDRAULICS POWER AND BY PUMPING IT MANUALLY. THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS THAT THE ELECTRIC SOLENOID VALVE IN THE POWER PACK IS STUCK. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT AND THE M OR D REPORT. INCIDENT #ICE001970039.

## Other reports on N6704B (1)

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

- [Incident 19950530021439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950530021439I), May 30, 1995: Cessna T210M (N6704B), Gage, OK, Minor damage. Asked ATC for nearest airport en route. Elected for gag but ran out of fuel 7 miles short. Bent prop landing.

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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