# Accident 20050114004969A: Cessna T210M, Mesa, AZ, January 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2005, 08:08 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761YH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N761YH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 825 total, 825 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050114004969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD TO RETURN TO FALCON FIELD (FFZ) BECAUSE OF AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE TOWER BUT COULD RECEIVE. THE TOWER USED LIGHT GUN SIGNALS TO COMMUNICATE. THE TOWER STATED THAT THE GEAR DID NOT LOOK COMPLETELY DOWN AND USED THE RED GUN FOR THE PILOT TO GO-AROUND. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO LAND ON RWY 4R. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE ABLE TO JACK THE AIRCRAFT UP AND PUMP THE GEAR DOWN FOR TOWING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX05LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA065), Jan 14, 2005: Cessna T210M (N761YH), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to use the emergency gear extension procedure to manually extend the landing gear to the down and locked position.

## Other reports on N761YH (2)

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

- [Incident 20101004047139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101004047139I), Oct 4, 2010: Cessna T210M (N761YH), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on runway 4R and on roll out the nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 20070728018409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070728018409I), Jul 28, 2007: Cessna T210M (N761YH), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) N761YH, CE-210, landed gear up at Falcon field airport runway 22L at 2005 MST on July 28, 2007, minor aircraft damage. No injuries.

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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