# Incident 19990721025159I: Cessna T210H, Montrose, CO, July 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1999, 18:10 local time
- Place: Montrose, CO
- Airport: Montrose County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5098° N, 107.8942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTROSE RGNL (MTJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5098&lon=-107.8942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2241R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2241R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210H (registry code 2073438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 12 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990721025159I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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