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FAA incident report · Cessna T210L · Petaluma, CA · August 17, 2000

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Date
August 17, 2000 · 13:26 local
Place
Petaluma, CA
Airport
Petaluma Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5174V
Reported as
Cessna T210L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total1,000 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days
N5174VRegistration cancelled Feb 10, 2014 · Cessna T210LS/N 21060849 · Built 1975Airframe modelCessna T210LEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Mr. Kreloff took off from Petaluma airport at about 1100 on 08-17-2000 enroute to the napa airport. Upon arrival at napa, he put the gear handle down and the gear failed to extend. He instructed the tower at napa that he was experiencing gear problems and that he would be returning to Petaluma. After returning to Petaluma he again cycled the gear. It would not extend. He reported hearing a loud noise to the right of the a/c. he also states that the gear motor circuit breaker would pop out after trying to extend the gear. He circled the airport for 2 hours trying various unusual altitudes to get the gear to come out as well as following the emergency procedures in the flight manual. The gear never extended. Following the a/c's emergency procedures in the flight manual and with coordination from the ground, he lined up on runway 11 for landing and brought the a/c in gear up. The a/c came to rest 100 yards from the numbers in the center of the runway. No injuries to the pilot or passenger. Then a/c sustained prop damage and belly damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. KRELOFF TOOK OFF FROM PETALUMA AIRPORT AT ABOUT 1100 ON 08-17-2000 ENROUTE TO THE NAPA AIRPORT. UPON ARRIVAL AT NAPA, HE PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. HE INSTRUCTED THE TOWER AT NAPA THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING GEAR PROBLEMS AND THAT HE WOULD BE RETURNING TO PETALUMA. AFTER RETURNING TO PETALUMA HE AGAIN CYCLED THE GEAR. IT WOULD NOT EXTEND. HE REPORTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE TO THE RIGHT OF THE A/C. HE ALSO STATES THAT THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WOULD POP OUT AFTER TRYING TO EXTEND THE GEAR. HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT FOR 2 HOURS TRYING VARIOUS UNUSUAL ALTITUDES TO GET THE GEAR TO COME OUT AS WELL AS FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN THE FLIGHT MANUAL. THE GEAR NEVER EXTENDED. FOLLOWING THE A/C'S EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN THE FLIGHT MANUAL AND WITH COORDINATION FROM THE GROUND, HE LINED UP ON RUNWAY 11 FOR LANDING AND BROUGHT THE A/C IN GEAR UP. THE A/C CAME TO REST 100 YARDS FROM THE NUMBERS IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THEN A/C SUSTAINED PROP DAMAGE AND BELLY DAMAGE.