# Accident 19970929037589A: Cessna 210L, Albuquerque, NM, September 29, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1997, 13:50 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GNXA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59217 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,726 total, 660 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA370) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970929037589A

## Narrative

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

GEAR PROBLEM ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. RIGHT MAIN FOLDED LANDING. ACTUATOR HOUSING SPLIT. HAD CRACKS DUE PRIOR IMPACTS. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1997, AT 1449 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 210L AIRPLANE, N59217, OWNED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY NEW MEXICO FLYING SERVICE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT INJURED. THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, FOR WHICH A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, ORIGINATED FROM ALBUQUERQUE INTL. SUNPORT AIRPORT AT 1448.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97LA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA370), Sep 29, 1997: Cessna 210L (N59217), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fracture of the right main hydraulic landing gear actuator housing assembly due to overload.

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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