# Accident 20011109030649A: Cessna 210K, Las Vegas, NV, November 9, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2001, 18:49 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2110° N, 115.1193° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2110&lon=-115.1193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8232M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8232M-2012-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210K (registry code 2073446, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011109030649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/08/01 THIS AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION BECAUSE THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE A CONFIRMED GEAR EXTENSION INDICATION. AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED BY RONS AIRCRAFT WHERE THEY FOUND THE GEAR WAS OUT OF RIG. RONS AIRCRAFT RIGGED THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IAW THE APPROPRIATE CESSNA MAINTENANCE MANUAL AND COMPLETED 10 COMPLET GEAR CYCLES UTILIZING A GROUND POWERED HYDRAULIC UNIT. ALL 10 OF THE CYCLES WERE COMPLETED WITHOUT A MALFUNCTION. THE ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON 11/09/01 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE PILOT, TOM COX, PROCEEDED TO DEPART VGT AT 1850 HRS ON 11/09/01. ON DEPARTURE THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR BUT COULD NOT GET A POSITIVE INDICATION OF MOVEMENT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR BUT COULD NOT GET A GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO UTILIZE THE EMERGENCY PUMP EXTENSION SYSTEM BUT STATED THE HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER A FLY BY OF THE TOWER, THE TOWER PERSONNEL STATED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.

## 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 LAX02LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA027), Nov 10, 2001: Cessna 210K (N8232M), North Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of maintenance personnel to properly diagnose the cause of a reported maintenance discrepancy resulting in the airplane being released from an annual inspection with a worn hydraulic pump…

## Other reports on N8232M (1)

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

- [Incident 19960801032829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960801032829I), Aug 1, 1996: Cessna 210K (N8232M), Santa Barbara, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: nose gear failed to extend on approach to landing. After several attempts were made by the pilot to extend nose gear, a landing was made on rnwy 07…

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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