# Incident 20011218037189I: Cessna T210N, Birmingham, AL, December 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2001, 11:19 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6359Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 111 total, 72 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011218037189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ABOUT 75 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES. LEFT MAIN GEAR UP LOCK FAILED TO LOCK. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR UP LOCK SWITCH HAD A PINCHED WIRE. THE PINCHED WIRE DID NOT ALLOW THE LEFT MAIN GEAR UP LOCK TO BE FULLY ENGAGED TO PREVENT THE GEAR FROM COLLAPSING.

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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