# Incident 20000915027299I: Cessna 210L, Bessemer, AL, September 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DKBA
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10HL) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,413 total, 176 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000915027299I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT REPORTED WHEN HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN CAME DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND THE NOSE GEAR STILL STAYED IN THE UP POSITION WITH THE MAIN DOWN.  THE PILOT PERFORMED VARIOUS MANEUVERS TO TRY AND GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN TO COME DOWN, BUT THERE WAS NO CHANGE.  A LOW FLY BY WAS PERFORMED SO GROUND PERSONNEL COULD LOOK AT THE STATUS OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE GEAR WAS INDEED UP WITH THE DOORS CLOSED. AGAIN THE PILOT PERFORMED VARIOUS MANEUVERS TO TRY AND GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN TO COME DOWN, BUT THERE WAS NO CHANGE.  AT THIS POINT IT WAS DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY.  MINIMAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR DOORS.  NO INJURY TO THE PILOT, WHO WAS SOLE OCCUPANT.

## Other reports on N10HL (2)

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

- [Incident 20220414005409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220414005409I), Apr 14, 2022: Cessna 210L (N10HL), Wickenburg, AZ, Minor damage. On April 14, 2022 at approximately 1500 mountain standard time (MST), a Cessna 210L airplane (N10HL) departed Wickenburg Municipal Airport (E25) on the first…
- [Incident 20010911028979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010911028979I), Sep 11, 2001: Cessna 210L (N10HL), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Nose landing gear failed to extend causing minor damage after landing. FAA inspection 10 days later found improper installation of nose landing gear…

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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