# Accident 20050420005559A: Cessna T210N, Kalispell, MT, April 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2005, 15:17 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Glacier Park International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GFVA
- Location: 48.3114° N, 114.2550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3114&lon=-114.2550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2AK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2AK-2005-05-31) (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 TSIO520M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,233 total, 736 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050420005559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE CALLED FCA TOWER ON A 3 1/2 MILE LEFT BASE TO RUNWAY 2 AT GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS AT THE OUT MARKER INBOUND. THE PILOT ASSUMED HE WOULD BE #2 TO LAND, BUT THE TOWER CLEARED HIM TO LAND. HE LOOKED TO CONFIRM THAT HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT. IT WAS AT THAT TIME HE SAW SMOKE FROM AROUND THE TRIM WHEEL FOLLOWED BY FIRE. HE STATED THAT THE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE AND HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO GET TO THE RUNWAY. HE CLAIMED THAT EVENTS AFTER THAT WERE NOT REAL CLEAR.

## 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 SEA05LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA084), Apr 20, 2005: Cessna T210N (N2AK), Kalispell, MT, destroyed. Probable cause: An airborne fire which was fueled by leaking hydraulic fluid (the ignition source for the fire was undetermined) from the landing gear hydraulic system located under the cockpit instrument panel due…

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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