# Incident 20000116001059I: Cessna 210L, Pottstown, PA, January 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2000, 13:55 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown Limerick Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2509° N, 75.6448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2509&lon=-75.6448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N732AV) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000116001059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N732AV DEPARTED POTTSTOWN MUNICIPAL (N47).  THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AND THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED.  THE PILOT THEN NOTICED THE GEAR DID NOT COMLETELY RETRACT.  THE PILOT THEN WENT TO THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT COMPLETELY EXTEND BACK AND LOICK IN THE DOWN POSITION.  THE PILOT THEN FLOW THE AIRCRAFT FOR 2 HOURS TO BURN OFF THE EXCESSIVE FUEL AND MADE A GEAR-UP EMERGENCY LANDING AT POTTSTOWN LIMERICK (PTW) AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES OCCURRED.

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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