# Accident 20030204003349A: Cessna 210L, Morrilton, AR, February 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Morrilton, AR
- Airport: Petit Jean Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1386° N, 92.9092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1386&lon=-92.9092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22432, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22432-2009-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030204003349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 4, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 CST A CESSNA CE-210L REGISTRATION NUMBER N22432, SERIAL NUMBER 21059746 OWNED BY BERT HAYNES OF PORT OCONNOR, TEXAS LANDED GEARS UP PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY ON A GRASSY AREA. AFTER ENTERING VFR PATTERN FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 21 AT MOUNT PETIT JEAN PARK (MPJ) IN MORRILTON, ARKANSAS THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FOR LANDING, THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM A WHEELS UP LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP, STRIKING A METAL MESH FENCE AND TREE. THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM OZARK, ARKANSAS UNDER VMC CONDITIONS. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR POWER PACK MODULE DIPSTICK INDICATED NO FLUID PRESENT.

## 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 FTW03LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA094), Feb 4, 2003: Cessna 210L (N22432), Morrilton, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the main landing gear to extend and lock, as a result of a hydraulic fluid leak caused by a chaffed and ruptured flex line.

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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