# Incident 20020802020409I: Cessna 210K, Atlanta, GA, August 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Fulton County Airport-Brown Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7791° N, 84.5214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fulton County Airport Brown Field (FTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7791&lon=-84.5214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9483M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9483M-2012-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210K (registry code 2073446, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 805 total, 197 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020802020409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/02/02 CESSNA 210K REGISTRATION NUMBER N9483M FLOWN BY MR. STEVEN NOLTE. MR. NOLTE REDUCED POWER TO START HIS DESCENT FROM 3000 FEET WHILE ON APPROACH TO FTY. WHILE DESCENDING TO A SUITABLE ALTITUDE, THROTTLE WAS INCREASED WITH NO ASSOCIATED RESPONSE IN ENGINE RPM. AT THE SAME TIME THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN BUT WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. ENGINE APPEARED TO BE BACKFIRING AT THE TIME. PILOT CONTACTED TOWER ADVISING THEM OF THE SITUATION. PILOT REDUCED FLAP SETTING TO 10 DEGREES WHILE TRYING TO MANUALLY LOWER LANDING GEAR USING HAND PUMP. SOLE PASSENGER ALSO ASSISTED WITH HAND PUMP TO LOWER THE GEAR. TOWER ADVISED PILOT THAT LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN BUT NOT LOCKED. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON THE GRASS STRIKING AN APPROACH LIGHT TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET COMING TO REST ON THE NOSE GEAR, RIGHT WING TIP, AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## Other reports on N9483M (2)

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

- [Accident 19990531045639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990531045639A), May 31, 1999: Cessna 210K (N9483M), Mountain View, AR, No damage. (-23)On may 31, 1999, at approximately 1800 hrs local time, Cessna 210-K N9483M, pilot by [privacy data omitted] a private pilot, attempted a landed at…
- [Incident 19980303011739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980303011739I), Mar 3, 1998: Cessna 210K (N9483M), Russellvile, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 3, 1998, at 1325 cdst, Cessna model 210K, N9483M, owned and operated by herschell h. hargus made an emergency gear up landing at it's point…

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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