# Incident 19971004042649I: Cessna 210A, Oklahoma City, OK, October 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1997, 10:20 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5340° N, 97.6469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST (PWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5340&lon=-97.6469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9457X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9457X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,062 total, 36 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971004042649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 10-4-97, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM A CESSNA 210A, PILOTED BY WALTER W. BELL, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE UPON LANDING AT PWA, IN BETHANY, OK. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET A "GEAR SAFE" LIGHT DURING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION. DURING LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, APPARENTLY DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR PISTON AND ROD ACTUATOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER OF THE TWO PILOTS. THIS NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR PISTON AND ROD ACTUATOR. M OR D FOLLOWS.

## Other reports on N9457X (1)

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

- [Accident 20140622008339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140622008339A), Jun 22, 2014: Cessna 210A (N9457X), Port Angeles, WA, Substantial damage. During a telephone conversation with the pilot, he stated that after touch down on runway 26 at william fairchild airport, Port angles, Washington, the pilot…

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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