# Incident 20030125007799I: Cessna 210M, West Point, VA, January 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2003, 18:25 local time
- Place: West Point, VA
- Airport: West Point Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5523° N, 76.8018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Point, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5523&lon=-76.8018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732XQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732XQ-2020-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total, 97 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030125007799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY DROPPED BUT DIDN'T COMPLETELY COME DOWN AND BACK. THE PILOT HAD TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND WAS TRYING TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR. THE PILOT CONTACTED RIC FOR ASSISTANCE. UPON INSPECTION BY A LOCAL MECHANIC, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STARTER HAD SHORTED TO GROUND, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER COMPLETELY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR CYLINDER SEIZED ABOUT 2/3 WAY DOWN CAUSING LANDING GEAR NOT TO EXTEND FULLY. AFTER FINAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORTS WILL BE SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N732XQ (1)

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

- [Incident 19790327011769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790327011769I), Mar 27, 1979: Cessna 210G (N732XQ), Chicopee, MA. Pilot turned master switch off and extended the gear manually. Smoke voltage regulator had failed.

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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