# Incident 19970928032929I: Cessna 210C, Reno, NV, September 28, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1997, 10:40 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3670Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3670Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210C (registry code 2073412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 266 total, 27 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970928032929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 09-28-97, 1040 PDT, CESSNA 210-C (N3670Y) LANDED GEAR-UP AT RNO ON RWY 16L, DUE TO HYDRAULIC POWER LOSS. PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, NOT INJURED. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT (BELLY SKINS AND PROPELLER). NO FIRES AND ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE. ALERT #2 CALLED OUT BY RNO TOWER. PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER LEVEL-OFF AT 10,500 MSL OUT-BOUND VFR FROM STEAD, NV (4SD) AND APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF RENO, NEVADA HE EXPERIENCED HEAVY SMOKE AND HYDRAULIC MIST IN THE COCKPIT. AFTER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SHUT-DOWN HE HAD TO CALL RNO TOWER ON HIS CELLULAR PHONE. HE STATED THAT HE DID AN EMERGENCY DESCENT DOWN TO 5,500 FEET AND THE SMOKE CLEARED IN THE COCKPIT. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO LAND AT RNO, BECAUSE OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY. THE GEAR-UP LANDING WAS VERY SOFT AND DID MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THE HYDRAULIC POVER PAC (LOCATED BELOW THE INSTRUMENT PANEL) FOR THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO HAVE AN INTERNAL FAILURE THAT CAUSED ALL OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FLUID TO LEAK (SPRAY-CAUSING A MIST IN THE COCKPIT) OUT OF A VENT HOLE. PILOT AND AIRCRAFT PAPER WORK CHECKED OK. ANNUAL INSPECTION RECENTLY PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT, BUT INSPECTING THE INSIDE OF THE HYDRAULIC POWER PAC IS NOT PART OF THE INSPECTION. MECHANICS WHO PERFORMED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION PROMISED MALFUNCTION OF DEFECT REPORT TO THE RNO FSDO. THIS INCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION REPORT FORM 8020-17.

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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