# Incident 19980808030679I: Cessna 210C, San Bernadino, CA, August 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1998, 11:15 local time
- Place: San Bernadino, CA
- Airport: Norton Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1083° N, 117.2898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Bernardino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1083&lon=-117.2898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3685Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3685Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210C (registry code 2073412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980808030679I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 8, 1998, AT 0830 AM MR. JOHN FINLEY WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER DEPARTED BRACKETT LA VERNE AIRPORT IN ROUTE TO GRANTS PASS OREGON. MR. FINLEY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR AND HEARD A CRACKING SOUND AND NOTICED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. MR. FINLEY CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO RESULTS. MR. FINLEY STATED HE TRIED TO PULL THE LEFT GEAR IN TO PLACE USING THE TOW BAR WHICH ALLOWED THE LANDING GEAR DOORS TO CLOSE, BUT THE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. AT 11:15 AM MR. FINLEY DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT SAN BERNARDINO INTERNAITONAL AIRPORT WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 THE LANDING GEAR COMPLETELY COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND MR. FINLEY AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.

## Other reports on N3685Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19930608021419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930608021419I), Jun 8, 1993: Cessna 210C (N3685Y), Irwindale, CA. Engine quit in flight. Emergency landing in flood basin area. Found mags were not firing.

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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