# Incident 20041007024399I: Cessna 210, Ft Lauderdale, FL, October 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2004, 19:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XVQA
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210TM-2007-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,080 total, 200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041007024399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RETURNED TO FXE FOR EMERGENCY LANDING ON RWY 13 AFTER NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR IN WHEEL WELL WITH MAIN GEAR DOWN. MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WITH PROPELLER BENT FROM STRIKING GROUND WHILE WINDMILLING AND NOSE GEAR DOORS SKINNED AND BENT FROM LANDING EVENT. FAA SUPERVISOR HAPPENED TO BE ON THE FIELD AT FXE AT TIME OF INCIDENT AND CHECKED DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND WITNESSED BROKEN PIN FALL FROM NOSE GEAR WELL WHEN GEAR DOORS OPENED TO MOVE AIRCRAFT FROM RUNWAY. ON CHECKING THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF PILOT, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MEDICAL HAD EXPIRED FOR A COMMERCIAL PILOT USE (DATED 07-24-2003). FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION ON 10-08-2004 REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND DUE TO FAILURE OF CLEVIS PIN THAT MANUALLY CONNECTS TO THE NOSE GEAR UPLOCK MECHANISM.

## Other reports on N210TM (1)

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

- [Accident 19761120036279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761120036279A), Nov 20, 1976: Cessna 210 (N210TM), Flanders, NJ, Substantial damage

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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