# Accident 19991204045709A: Cessna 210L, Columbus, OH, December 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1999, 14:07 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Ohio State University
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 40.1203° N, 83.0300° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1203&lon=-83.0300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1773X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1773X-2009-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991204045709A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON DEC. 4, 1999, AT 1407 EST, A CESSNA 210L, N1773X, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT THE (OSU) COLUMBUS, OHIO AIRPORT. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  ONE PASSENGER WAS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES.  AFTER PRACTICING INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES AT ANOTHER AIRPORT THE PILOT RETURNED TO (OSU).  HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND SAW THE NOSE GEAR DOWN IN THE WING MOUNTED MIRROR.  AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATLEY 150 FEET.  THE PILOT STATED, HE HEARD A HORN BEFORE TOUCH DOWN,ADDITIONALLY, HE COULD NOT BE CERTAIN THAT THE LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT WAS ON.  POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD OPENED.  AFTER THE ACCIDENT WAS HOISTED AND THE MAIN GEAR WAS PUMPED DOWN USING EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES.  THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND GEAR CYCLED. MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA046), Dec 4, 1999: Cessna 210L (N1773X), Columbus, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to verify landing gear extension. Factors were the unreliable retraction/extension assembly, and the flying club's continued operation of the airplane with known deficiencies in…

## Other reports on N1773X (1)

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

- [Incident 19911221059349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911221059349I), Dec 21, 1991: Cessna 210L (N1773X), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. Pilot unaware the landing gear was not extended. Landed gear up. Tower advised gear was up.

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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