# Incident 20040508009649I: Cessna 210D, Long Beach, CA, May 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2004, 09:59 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3967Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3967Y) (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 IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,345 total, 90 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040508009649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FULLERTON, CA FOR A PERIOD OF INSTRUCTION IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, MR. FELLER, WAS TO RECEIVE CONTINUED INSTRUCTION IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE OWNER WAS REQUIRED BY HIS INSURER TO RECEIVE TEN HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE FLIGHT, AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION WAS NOTICED, AND PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY. THE ATTEMPTS FAILED TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AT LONG BEACH, CA BECAUSE OF THE LONG AND WIDE RUNWAY AVAILABLE. DURING THE LANDING, ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES RECEIVED DAMAGE, AS DID THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED. DURING INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS, FSDO INSPECTORS FOUND THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RECENTLY PURCHASED WITHOUT MAINTENANCE RECORDS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN INSPECTED FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, BUT NO ATTEMPT HAD BEEN MADE TO RECONSTRUCT RECORDS OF PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE AND AD COMPLIANCE. THEREFORE, AIRWORTHINESS STATUS OF THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED SEVERAL ITEMS REQUIRED BY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON MAY 8, 2004.

## Other reports on N3967Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19890808045419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890808045419I), Aug 8, 1989: Cessna 210D (N3967Y), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Damaged nose on landing. Nose strut went flat in wheel well jamming gear.

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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