# Incident 20000905030019I: Cessna 210, Huntsville, AL, September 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2000, 15:45 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Huntsville Airport North Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9660T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9660T-2006-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 292 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000905030019I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT DEPARTED AIRPORT M82 AFTER COMPLETION OF ANNUAL INSPECTION. DURING ANNUAL ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO THE GEAR SYSTEM DUE TO PRIOR MALFUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH GEAR RETRACTION (RECYCLED 6 TIMES ON GROUND).  THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY AFTER TAKEOFF.  THE PILOT PLACED THE GEAR LEVER DOWN FOR LANDING, THE GEAR EXTENDED BUT NOSE GEAR DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR BUT THE LANDING LEVER WOULD NOT RESPOND, INITIATED EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.  PILOT CONFERRED WITH MECHANIC EMPLOYED BY ROCKET AVIATION AT M82 FBO.  AGAIN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES EMPLOYED, STILL NEGATIVE RESULTS.  UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND PROPELLER.  THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED AS THE TAIL WAS LOADED TO RAISE THE AIRCRAFT NOSE, ONLY A SLIGHT FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO OVERCENTER LOCK THE GEAR.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CENTERING BRACKET CONTROL ARM (WELD ASSEMBLY) FRACTURED PREVENTING THE NOSE WHEEL FROM CENTERING, WHICH PROHIBITED THE LOCK MECHANISM FROM ENGAGING.

## Other reports on N9660T (1)

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

- [Accident 20040229013729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040229013729A), Feb 29, 2004: Cessna 210 (N9660T), Bristol-Johnson, TN, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On February 29, 2004, t 12:32 (eastern standard time) a Cessna 210, N9660T, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR part 91 instructional…

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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