# Incident 19980809028569I: Cessna 210G, Houston, TX, August 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1998, 12:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Clover Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5869F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5869F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210G (registry code 2073430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 70 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980809028569I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO UNLOCK WHEN EXTENDED. THE PILOT TRIED NUMEROUS TO GET GEAR TO EXTEND, INCLUDING MANUALLY PUMPING. HE ELECTED T OLAND GEAR UP (ENGINE SHUT DOWN). THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THE UPLOCK LEVER TO CONTROL LINK PIN MISSING. VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME WAS FOUND. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES  WERE BENT AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL OR ENGINE MOUNTS.

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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