# Incident 20030816022669I: Cessna 210L, Houston, TX, August 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2003, 14:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30793, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30793-2011-01-26) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,170 total, 858 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030816022669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND INTERNAL "O" RING IN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY TO BE FAULTY WHICH PREVENTED THE LANDING GEAR FROM FULLY EXTENDING.

## Other reports on N30793 (1)

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

- [Incident 19831210069889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831210069889I), Dec 10, 1983: Cessna 210L (N30793), Frankfort, IN, Minor damage. Engine quit. Unable to restart landed in a field. No apparent cause has been found. Some moisture in fuel.

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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