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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210L · Hagerstown, MD · March 30, 2005

Date: March 30, 2005 · 15:19 local
Place: Hagerstown, MD
Airport: Washington County Regional
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1742X
Reported as: Cessna T210L
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N1742XRegistered now · Cessna T210LS/N 21060763 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna T210L Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot was attempting to land at fdk. When gear was selected down the nose landing gear would not extend, main gear came down and locked. Pilot flew approximately 2 hours while trying to extend the nose landing gear. All attempts failed. Pilot elected to land at hgr with nose landing gear retracted. No cause for the nose landing gear's failure to extend was found. A hydraulic component's momentary failure is suspect.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT FDK. WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND, MAIN GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT FLEW APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS WHILE TRYING TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT HGR WITH NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. NO CAUSE FOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR'S FAILURE TO EXTEND WAS FOUND. A HYDRAULIC COMPONENT'S MOMENTARY FAILURE IS SUSPECT.