# Incident 20010904037579I: Cessna T210L, Chino, CA, September 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2001, 11:58 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600PS-2009-03-03) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010904037579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. STUART NIEMI DEPARTED MONTGOMERY FIELD, SAN DIEGO CA. AT 10:00 A.M., SEPTEMBER 4, 2001, HIS DESTINATION WAS SANTA MONICA AIRPORT, SANTA MONICA CA. AFTER ENTERING THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 21, HE PUT THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION AND NOTHING HAPPENED. MR. NIEMI CONTACTED THE SANTA MONICA TOWER AND INFORMED THEM OF THE SITUATION AND REQUESTED TO DIVERT TO THE CHINO AIRPORT, CHINO CA. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CHINO AIRPORT HE CONTACTED THE TOWER AND REQUESTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21, AND ALSO INFORMED THE TOWER THE LANDING GEAR HAD A MALFUNCTION. HIS REQUEST WAS GRANTED, AND MR. NIEMI LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. DURING THE POST AIRCRAFT INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR, HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR HAD FAILED, AND THE ENTIRE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS DEPLETED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE SINGLE OCCUPANT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.

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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