19990721025159I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210H · Montrose, CO · July 21, 1999

Date: July 21, 1999 · 18:10 local
Place: Montrose, CO
Airport: Montrose County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2241R
Reported as: Cessna T210H
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 22,000 total12 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N2241RRegistered now · Cessna T210HS/N T210-0391 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna T210H Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-CReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot was practicing touch and go landings at Montrose co. (mtj). When landing gear was lowered the main gear would not lock in the down position. He tried to lower the gear manually 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 landed with gear locked in the up position at Montrose co., causing minor damage to the aircraft belly skins, prop and engine. Inspection of the unlock and sequence actuator assembly revealed a ball bearing had failed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT MONTROSE CO. (MTJ). WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED THE MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. HE TRIED TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY 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 LANDED WITH GEAR LOCKED IN THE UP POSITION AT MONTROSE CO., CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKINS, PROP AND ENGINE. INSPECTION OF THE UNLOCK AND SEQUENCE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY REVEALED A BALL BEARING HAD FAILED.