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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · Bishop, CA · August 18, 2004

Date: August 18, 2004 · 11:52 local
Place: Bishop, CA
Airport: Bishop Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9446Y
Reported as: Cessna T210N
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,600 total

N9446YRegistration cancelled Mar 8, 2021 · Cessna T210NS/N 21064508 · Built 1981 Airframe modelCessna T210N Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Nose gear would not go down for a landing at bakersfield. The pilot attempted many maneuvers to dislodge the gear before returning to Bishop. Other attempts to get the nose gear to extend failed. The pilot then landed the aircraft with the nose gear retracted and the engine shut down. Post incident investigation disclosed that the turbo access panel was missing screws along the lower edge. This apparently allowed the panel to bulge out during flight. When the gear was selected down the nose gear doors hung up on the edge of the access panel preventing the nose gear from extending.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN FOR A LANDING AT BAKERSFIELD. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED MANY MANEUVERS TO DISLODGE THE GEAR BEFORE RETURNING TO BISHOP. OTHER ATTEMPTS TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND FAILED. THE PILOT THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE TURBO ACCESS PANEL WAS MISSING SCREWS ALONG THE LOWER EDGE. THIS APPARENTLY ALLOWED THE PANEL TO BULGE OUT DURING FLIGHT. WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN THE NOSE GEAR DOORS HUNG UP ON THE EDGE OF THE ACCESS PANEL PREVENTING THE NOSE GEAR FROM EXTENDING.