# Incident 20050106000179I: Cessna T210L, Yuma, AZ, January 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6559° N, 114.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL (NYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6559&lon=-114.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59041, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59041) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,444 total, 150 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050106000179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVAC^ STATED THAT HE WAS DIRECTED TO EXECUTE A SIMULATED ENGINE INOPERATIVE (POWER OFF) LANDING BY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVA^ DURING THE FLIGHT REVIEW REQUIRED BY 14 CFR 61.56. PILOT ^PRIVAC^ SAID THAT THEY WERE TOO LOW TO EXTEND WING FLAPS AND THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT FLAPS. HE SAID THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, LANDING GEAR DOORS AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING. INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVA^ SAID THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS DISTRACTED BY AIR TRAFFIC AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT QUIT FLYING ABOUT SIX INCHES ABOVE THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT THE LANDING WAS FIRM, BUT NOT UNUSUALLY HARD. INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVA^ SAID THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT NOSE CAME DOWN, IT CONTINUED ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND. HE SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH A STOL (SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING) KIT AND HE DID NOT KNOW IT THAT, COMBINED WITH THE NO FLAP LANDING CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR SUN WESTERN FLYERS INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT SO HARD THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LOCKS WERE BENT AND BROKEN. ADDITIONALLY, HE SAID THAT THE HARD LANDING BENT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG.

## Other reports on N59041 (2)

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

- [Incident 19860615062919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860615062919I), Jun 15, 1986: Cessna T210L (N59041), Yuma, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot aborted takeoff because of nose wheel shutter. Nose wheel collapsed during roll out.
- [Accident 19740520044589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740520044589A), May 20, 1974: Cessna T210L (N59041), 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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