# Incident 20020530011589I: Cessna 210B, Bridgeport, TX, May 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2002, 18:55 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Airport: Bridgeport Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1740° N, 97.8284° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRIDGEPORT MUNI (XBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1740&lon=-97.8284&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9634X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9634X) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 47 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020530011589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 30, 2002 AT 1855, A CESSNA 210B, N9634X, REGISTERED TO SPENCE, WILLIAM CARL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT OBSERVED HE HAD NO GREEN LIGHT ON LANDING GEAR PANEL. THE PILOT RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR, COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY ACTION FROM THE AIRCRAFT OPERATORS MANUAL. HE THEN REQUESTED A VISUAL CHECK FROM THE GROUND. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE TWO CREWMEMBERS AND ONE PASSENGER. THE PILOT HOLDS AIRPLANE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE AND AIRPLANE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT (1F9) ON 05-30-2002.

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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