# Accident 20020615022429A: Cessna P210N, Shreveport, LA, June 15, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2002, 21:45 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Shreveport Downtown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5447° N, 93.7431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5447&lon=-93.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4720P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4720P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020615022429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DOWNWIND LEG TO RWY 32 NOTICED THERE WAS NOT A GREEN LIGHT - LOOKED OUT LEFT WINDOW AND SAW WHEEL, ASKED PAX TO LOOK OUT FOR WHEEL, SHE INDICATED YES, RADIO TOWER TO LOOK FOR NOSE WHEEL, TOWER REQUESTED A FLYBY, PILOT DID SO, BUT TOWER SAID IT WAS TOO DARK, TOWER REQUESTED IF I WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN HE WOULD COME OUT ON THE CAT WALK WITH BINOCULARS, PILOT FLEW BY AGAIN AND HE SAID, "I'M 90% SURE THE NOSEWHEEL IS DOWN." PILOT THE PROCEEDED TO LAND AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FOLDED BACK UNDER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN TO THE RIGHT AND COME TO A STOP OFF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. PILOT TURNED OFF THE GAS AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND RADIOED THE TOWER THAT EVERYBODY WAS ALRIGHT.

## 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 FTW02LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA184), Jun 16, 2002: Cessna P210N (N4720P), Shreveport, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the collapse of the right main landing gear for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N4720P (1)

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

- [Incident 19900606027789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900606027789I), Jun 6, 1990: Cessna P210N (N4720P), Shelby, NC, Minor damage. Landed with gear up.

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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