# Incident 19981024041699I: Cessna 210, Albuquerque, NM, October 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Double Eagle II Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1449° N, 106.7952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOUBLE EAGLE II (AEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1449&lon=-106.7952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N639C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N639C-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 12 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981024041699I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON OCTOBER 24, 1998, AT 1830MST A CESSNA 210, N639C, REGISTERED TO FLIGHT FANDANGO LLC, HAD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE UPON LANDING AT DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT, RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT, ON OCTOBER 24, 1998, AT 1630 MST. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE LOWER TRUNNION ASSEMBLY HAD ROTATED SLIGHTLY ON THE STRUT PREVENTING THE NOSE GEAR FROM LOCKING IN THE DOWN POSITION. CAUSE OF THE ROTATION IS UNKNOWN. THE OWNER IS GOING TO FILE A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT.

## Other reports on N639C (2)

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

- [Incident 19990710024939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990710024939I), Jul 10, 1999: Cessna 210 (N639C), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Pilot had been cleared into position for takeoff. Pilot turned aircraft 90 degrees to prevailing wind, at which point control of the aircraft was lost. The…
- [Incident 19941026040069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941026040069I), Oct 26, 1994: Cessna 210 (N639C), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Inadvertently landed gear up. Found gear horn inop. Throttle micro switch linkage failed.

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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