# Incident 20020112000159I: Cessna 210B, Zelienople, PA, January 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2002, 15:46 local time
- Place: Zelienople, PA
- Airport: Zelienople Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8027° N, 80.1611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZELIENOPLE MUNI (PJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8027&lon=-80.1611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 655 total, 370 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020112000159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. FULLERTON WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT INTENDING TO DO PATTERN WORK. AFTER HE RETRACTED THE GEAR AFTER TAKE-OFF HE PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, HE HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND AND NOTICED THE THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. HE TRIED TO CYCLE THE GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. FOR THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS, HE CIRCLED AND TRIED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM, TALKING TO MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS HAVING A LOCAL AIRCRAFT FLY NEAR HIM TO ASCERTAIN THE PROBLEM. HE COULD GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THE MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY AND LOCK DOWN. HE FINALLY LANDED ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR DOWN. HE SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE MAIN GEAR DOORS, THE ADF ANTENNAE AND THE REAR TIE-DOWN FITTING TAKING THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, IT RESTED ON THE RIGHT WING TIP AND IN SO DOING, CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER HAD NO 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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