19990227012959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210C · Morristown, NJ · February 27, 1999

Date: February 27, 1999 · 14:10 local
Place: Morristown, NJ
Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N56CK
Reported as: Cessna 210C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 830 total170 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N56CKRegistered now · Cessna 210CS/N 21058112 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 210C Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot took off from mmu privacy data omitted flew to bader field (air), atlantic city, could not extend landing gear. Flew back to mmu. Tried all he could to extend gear either manually or by yawing the airline. All attempts failed so he landed with the main wheels not down & locked. Nose was down and locked. Airplane sustained minor damage to gear doors & horizontal stab. Hydraulic activator for gear actuation was found to be faulty allowing all hydraulic fluid to leak out.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM MMU ^PRIVACY D^ FLEW TO BADER FIELD (AIR), ATLANTIC CITY, COULD NOT EXTEND LANDING GEAR. FLEW BACK TO MMU. TRIED ALL HE COULD TO EXTEND GEAR EITHER MANUALLY OR BY YAWING THE AIRLINE. ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED SO HE LANDED WITH THE MAIN WHEELS NOT DOWN & LOCKED. NOSE WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS & HORIZONTAL STAB. HYDRAULIC ACTIVATOR FOR GEAR ACTUATION WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY ALLOWING ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID TO LEAK OUT.