# Accident 20011210035209A: Cessna T210K, San Antonio, TX, December 10, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2001, 18:23 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5395° N, 98.4906° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5395&lon=-98.4906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8299M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8299M-2006-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02TA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02TA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011210035209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 10, 2001, AT 6:23 PM. PIC TOM J. DESANTIS WAS OPERATING A CESSNA 210, N8299M AND WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 12L AT THE SAT AIRPORT WHEN ON LANDING ROLL, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS TO A STOP OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. NO FIRES OR INJURIES WERE NOTED. EMERGENCY CREW DISPATCHED FOR ASSISTANCE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE MLG, RT WING AND RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. (.4) ON DECEMBER 10, 2001, AT 1823 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA T210K SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N8299M, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SAT), SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY TEIGS AVIATION MANAGEMENT OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SAT AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AND WAS TERMINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO AN FAA INSPECTOR, WHO RES                                                              PONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE INITIAL APPROACH AND NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR "UNSAFE" INDICATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER EXECUTING A GO-AROUND, THE PILOT TROUBLESHOT THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY. AFTER THE MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, THE PILOT STILL NOTICED THE UNSAFE INDICATION. THE PILOT THEN THOUGHT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED, AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE NLG.

## 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 FTW02TA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02TA051), Dec 11, 2001: Cessna T210K (N8299M), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the right main landing gear downlock mechanism to engage for reasons undetermined.

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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