# Incident 20040105002709I: Cessna P210N, Sturgeon Bay, WI, January 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2004, 10:10 local time
- Place: Sturgeon Bay, WI
- Airport: Door County Cherryland Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8437° N, 87.4215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOOR COUNTY CHERRYLAND (SUE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8437&lon=-87.4215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84ND-2025-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520AF
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,346 total, 1,060 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040105002709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/05/2004 AT 1010 (CST) A CESSNA 210 HAD A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON TAKEOFF FROM DOOR COUNTY CHERRYLAND AIRPORT, STURGEON BAY WI. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. ON JANUARY 6, 2004, THE SITE WAS VISITED AND THE PILOT INTERVIEWED. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON TAXIS AFTER THE PRIOR FLIGHT, HE EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHIMMY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE SHIMMY DAMPENER NEEDED SERVICING. SHIMMY DAMPENER SERVICED AND VISUAL INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE GEAR DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY. ATTACHED PICTURES SHOW THE SHIMMY DAMPENER ATTACHMENT TO THE STRUT IN THE AREA OF THE DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY AND THE LOCK NOT FULLY ENGAGED. MECHANIC REPAIRING AIRCRAFT WILL SUBMIT MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT.

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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