# Incident 19980126002929I: Cessna 210D, Grand Junction, CO, January 26, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1998, 16:42 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3929Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3929Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 30 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980126002929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT RAISED LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RIFLE, CO (RIL), AND NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER FELT LOOSE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE SMELLED SMOKE AND FELT HEAT FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AREA. HE RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT (RIL), AND IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING DISCOVERED THE LANDING GEAR DOORS OPENED, BUT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT LOWER. HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO RESULTS. HE OPERATED THE MANUAL LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WITH NO RESULTS. HE CONTACTED A MECHANIC BY RADIO WHO DIRECTED HIM THROUGH SEVERAL OPERATIONS TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WITH NO RESULTS. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO GRAND JUNCTION, CO (GJT), DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF AIRPORT FACILITIES AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN, GEAR DOORS, PROP AND ENGINE. INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR LEVER/POWER PACK REVEALED ROLL PIN HAD COME OUT, CAUSING THE LEVER TO NOT FUNCTION.

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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