# Accident 20031109037689A: Cessna 210D, Millington, TN, November 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2003, 14:28 local time
- Place: Millington, TN
- Airport: Memphis Nas Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3611° N, 89.8725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3611&lon=-89.8725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3728Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3728Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 100 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031109037689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT COULD NOT GET MAIN GEAR TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCK. FLY-BY CONTROL TOWER CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR DOWN BUT NOT MAIN GEAR. PILOT USED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO NO AVAIL. A DECISION WAS MADE BY THE PILOT TO LAND ALONGSIDE THE ACTIVE RUNWAY (04) IN THE GRASS AT MILLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

## 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 ATL04LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA035), Nov 9, 2003: Cessna 210D (N3728Y), Millington, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the main hydraulic landing gear system actuator resulting in an emergency gear up landing.

## Other reports on N3728Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20121122026189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121122026189I), Nov 22, 2012: Cessna 210D (N3728Y), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Upon approaching korl for landing, the pilot accessed and listened to the current ATIS broadcast and the prevailing winds were 020 degrees@15G13KTS. The pilot…

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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