# Incident 19990827024989I: Cessna T210N, Cahokia, IL, August 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1999, 10:38 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FPIA
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6598Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6598Y-2015-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,132 total, 87 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990827024989I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO SPRINGFIELD'S CAPITAL AIRPORT (SPI) SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS, WHEN THE PILOT FAILED TO GET A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR. THE TOWER AT SPRINGFIELD VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE PIOT CONTACTED HIS COMPANY WHO DIRECTED HIM TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AT CPS. THE PILOT PERFORMED SEVERAL FLYBYS BEFORE LANDING. GEAR WAS RECYCLED INCLUDING A MANUAL EXTENSION BUT THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED UP. THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS PERFORMED, ENGINE SECURED, AND A NOSE GEAR-UP LANDING WAS PERFORMED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN ROD END ON THE RIGHT FORWARD NLG DOOR WHICH JAMMED THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

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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