# Accident 20010811024549A: Cessna 210L, Fort Smith, AR, August 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2001, 20:52 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3698° N, 94.4193° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3698&lon=-94.4193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8137L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8137L) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010811024549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE INTENDED TO LAND AT FAYETTEVILLE; HOWEVER DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE LOCKED WHEN VIEWED FROM THE WING MIRRORS. THE PILOT TROUBLE SHOT THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND NOTICED THAT THE HYDRAULIC RESEVOIR WAS EMPTY. THE PILOT'S PASSENGER PUT ENGINE OIL IN THE RESEVOIR, AND THE PILOT AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE AT FORT SMITH, AR, WHERE THE AIRPORT RESCUE/FIRE FIGHTERS WAS BETTER STAFFED. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND THE MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. ACCORDING TO AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, THE AIRPLANE'S HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC EXAMINED THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND FOUND THAT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR WAS BUSTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW01LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA180), Aug 12, 2001: Cessna 210 (N8137L), Fort Smith, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the overload fracture of the left main landing gear actuator which resulted in the loss of all hydraulic fluid and led to a wheels up landing.

## Other reports on N8137L (2)

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

- [Incident 19990907033119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990907033119I), Sep 7, 1999: Cessna 210L (N8137L), Oiltrough, AR. (-23) While making a routine flight from batesville to oil trough, on September 7, 1999, in a Cessna 210-L, N8371L, when approaching oil trough 1 selected gear…
- [Incident 19830618037569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830618037569I), Jun 18, 1983: Cessna 210 (N8137L), St Paul, KS, Minor damage. Distracted by a passenger without a seat belt on. Landed gear up.

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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