# Incident 20000817026319I: Cessna T210L, Petaluma, CA, August 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2000, 13:26 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETALUMA MUNI (O69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5174V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5174V-2014-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000817026319I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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