# Incident 20040818021949I: Cessna T210N, Bishop, CA, August 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2004, 11:52 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Airport: Bishop Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3731° N, 118.3636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISHOP (BIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3731&lon=-118.3636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9446Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9446Y-2021-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040818021949I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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