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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210B · Clinton, IA · July 10, 2000

Date: July 10, 2000 · 16:30 local
Place: Clinton, IA
Airport: Clinton Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9661X
Reported as: Cessna 210B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,043 total3,737 in this make and model79 in the last 90 days

N9661XRegistered now · Cessna 210BS/N 21057961 Airframe modelCessna 210B Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)At approximately 1500 hours on 10 July 2000 the pilot landed at Clinton Municipal Airport. On landing rollout the nose gear started to shimmy. The pilot pulled back on the control yoke to stop the nose wheel shimmy but the aircraft was not going fast enough for the elevator to be very effective. As the pilot started to exit the runway the nose fork broke. The aircraft came to rest at the intersection of runways 21 and 32 where it was recovered by ground personnel. The nose gear fork showed signs of previous cracking.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS ON 10 JULY 2000 THE PILOT LANDED AT CLINTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO SHIMMY. THE PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROL YOKE TO STOP THE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR THE ELEVATOR TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. AS THE PILOT STARTED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY THE NOSE FORK BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 21 AND 32 WHERE IT WAS RECOVERED BY GROUND PERSONNEL. THE NOSE GEAR FORK SHOWED SIGNS OF PREVIOUS CRACKING.