# Incident 20020801020359I: Cessna T210M, Smyrna, TN, August 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2002, 11:21 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761MQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761MQ-2011-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020801020359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REQUESTED A FLYBY TO CONFIRM THE NOSE GEAR POSITION, SINCE HE HAD AN UNSAFE INDICATION. MQY TOWER SAID IT APPEARED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN, BUT HE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE. NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR SPRING GUIDE BROKE AND RESTRICTED THE NOSE GEAR FROM LOCKING DOWN. A CESSNA SERVICE LETTER OF 01/13/84 RECOMMENDED THAT THIS PLASTIC ACTUATOR BE REPLACED WITH A STEEL CONTRUCTION (SE84-3). THIS WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED.

## Other reports on N761MQ (2)

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

- [Incident 19981017044009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981017044009I), Oct 17, 1998: Cessna T210M (N761MQ), Gadsden, AL, Minor damage. (-5) While on downwind, for the third touch and go landing, the PIC lowered the landing gear to note the amount of trim and speed change. The gear was then…
- [Incident 19820926066529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820926066529I), Sep 26, 1982: Cessna T210M (N761MQ), Raton, NM, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Student pilot was unable to produce a medical at the scene.

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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