# Incident 20040718020359I: Cessna P210N, Roscommon, MI, July 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: Roscommon, MI
- Airport: Roscommon Convervation Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4867° N, 84.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roscommon, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4867&lon=-84.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44475, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44475) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,366 total, 1,248 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040718020359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED SLUGGISH HANDLING, LIKE A BAG DOOR HAD BEEN LEFT OPEN, REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO NEAREST AIRPORT TO INVESTIGATE. DURING LANDING ON #27 AT 3RC, PILOT REPORTED THAT AT TOUCHDOWN OF NOSE WHEEL, AIRCRAFT VEERED TO LEFT. PILOT LIFTED NOSE MOMENTARILY AND SET BACK DOWN. NOSE WHEEL HAD DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AND SETTLED ONTO NOSE STRUT SKIDDING DOWN RUNWAY. PROPELLER ALSO CONTACTED RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT OR INJURY TO PAX. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT UPON NOSE WHEEL TOUCHDOWN, NOSEWHEEL YOKE BROKE AT TOUCHDOWN CAUSING ABOVE. SUSPECT NOSEWHEEL HAD NOT RETRACTED FULLY AFTER INITIAL TAKE-OFF AND JAMMED IN GEARWELL AT AN ANGLE.

## Other reports on N44475 (1)

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

- [Accident 20250909013979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250909013979A), Sep 9, 2025: Cessna P210N (N44475), Akron, OH, Substantial damage. The incident involves a gear-up landing of a Cessna 210 aircraft, which resulted in a belly landing with subsequent smoke in the cabin. The incident occurred…

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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