# Incident 20020426009429I: Cessna 210, Houston, TX, April 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2002
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9518T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9518T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 50 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020426009429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 26, 2002, N9518T, CE-210 LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE UP AND DOWN LOCKED POSITION. THE PILOT HAD TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO GET THE GEAR DOWN INCLUDING THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP. THE GEAR DOORS AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD EXTEND AND LOCK. THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT MOVE. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AND THE NOSE GEAR UP LOCK RELEASED ALLOWING THE GEAR TO COME DOWN. IT WAS DETERMINED THE UPLOCK ACTUATOR HAD MALFUNCTIONED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE ENGINE EXHAUST STACKS, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND THE PROPELLER. THE NTSB WAS NOTIFIED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO THE OWNER. OPERATOR TO COMPLETE A MDR.

## Other reports on N9518T (1)

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

- [Incident 20230424004079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230424004079I), Apr 24, 2023: Cessna 210 (N9518T), Bamberg, SC, Minor damage. While approaching the airport for a fuel stop the pilot did not receive a 'down and locked' indication for the landing gear. A wing mounted gear mirror…

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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