# Incident 20020618012459I: Cessna P210N, Pinedale, WY, June 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2002, 09:45 local time
- Place: Pinedale, WY
- Airport: Ralph Wenz Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7974° N, 109.8110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WENZ FLD (PNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7974&lon=-109.8110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731QG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731QG) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,354 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020618012459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS AIRCRAFT HAD JUST RECEIVED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION THE PILOT FAILED TO NOTICE THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT TURNED ON THE MASTER SWITCH AND SAID THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT INDICATED GREEN (GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED) HE THEN STARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI. AFTER HIS RUNUP AND CHECKS HE STARTED HIS TAKE-OFF ROLL AND AS THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROTATED FOR TAKE-OFF, THE SAFETY SWITCH ON THE NOSE GEAR SCISSOR WAS ACTUATED AND (SINCE THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION) THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT. THE PILOT HEARD THIS NOISE AND NOT SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING LET THE NOSE SETTLE. THIS LET THE PROP STRIKE THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND NOSE GEAR DOORS.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.