# Accident 20010902023959A: Cessna T210L, Olympia, WA, September 2, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Olympia, WA
- Airport: Olympia
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1110° N, 122.7608° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1110&lon=-122.7608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6721M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6721M-2013-10-31) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA01LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010902023959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING, NOSE GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED, BUT MAIN GEAR DID NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. PILOT TRIED TO LOCK MAIN GEAR USING THE HAND HYDRAULIC PUMP WITH NO SUCCESS. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH LOCKED NOSE GEAR AND COLLAPSED MAIN GEAR. SUFFERED DAMAGE TO REAR OF FUSELAGE, LEFT ELEVATOR, AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. INVESTIGATION FOUND FAILED NOSE GEAR HYDRAULIC FLEX LINE. THE FAILURE OF THIS LINE ALLOWED EXHAUSTION OF LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC FLUID AFTER THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED, PREVENTING THE MAIN GEAR FROM LOCKING INTO PLACE.

## 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 SEA01LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA165), Sep 3, 2001: Cessna T210L (N6721M), Olympia, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inability of the landing gear to fully extend due to the failure of a hydraulic hose in the nose gear extension system.

## Other reports on N6721M (1)

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

- [Incident 20070318004339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070318004339I), Mar 18, 2007: Cessna T210L (N6721M), Wickenburg, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On March 18, 2007, at 1145 mountain standard time, N6721M, landed at the Wickenburg airport in Arizona and during taxi to park the aircraft, the left…

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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