# Incident 19991123031679I: Cessna 210M, Atlanta, GA, November 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1999, 00:05 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DKBA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6554B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6554B-2002-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,250 total, 210 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991123031679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO LANDING THE PILOT RECEIVED A GEAR HORN AND UNSAFE LIGHT. ATTEMPTS TO RECYCLE THE GEAR FAILED.  PILOT MADE GO-AROUND.  PILOT DETERMINED VISUALLY THE MAIN GEAR WERE DOWN, AND DEDUCTED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE NOSE GEAR.  PILOT TRIED TO PUMP THE GEAR DOWN MANUALLY.  A FLYBY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE GEAR FULL DOWN.  LANDING MADE A THIRD APPROACH WITH GEAR STILL SHOWING UNSAFE MODE.  ON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING SHEET METAL DAMAGE, PROP DAMAGE AND PROBABLE ENGINE DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES.  MINOR DAMAGE.  CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N6554B (2)

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

- [Incident 19920922044339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920922044339I), Sep 22, 1992: Cessna 210M (N6554B), Birmingham, AL. Engine malfunction on climb. Returned to airport. Found one cylinder was broke and part of piston visable.
- [Incident 19910619028259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910619028259I), Jun 19, 1991: Cessna 210M (N6554B), Tampa, FL. Smoke in cockpit after takeoff. Returned. Found aircraft ammeter shorted to ground.

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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