# Incident 20050718015529I: Cessna T210M, Rome, GA, July 18, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2005, 17:12 local time
- Place: Rome, GA
- Airport: Richard B Russell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3506° N, 85.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Richard B Russell Airport (RMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3506&lon=-85.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13CW-2011-07-05) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 3,900 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050718015529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT/OWNER TOOK POSSESSION OF N13CW AT THE ROME AIRPORT FOLLOWING ANNUAL INSPECTION AND PERFORMED MAINTENANCE BY L & M AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OM^. DESTINATION AIRPORT WAS CEDARTOWN GEORGIA, 12 NM TO THE SOUTH. UPON ARRIVAL, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND FULLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN BACK TO RMG AND AIR GROUND COMMUNICATIONS WAS MADE WITH THE REPAIR STATION OWNER, ^PRIVACY ^. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO EXTEND THE GEAR FAILED AND A FLY BY WAS MADE TO INSPECT THE LANDING GEAR. THE MAIN GEAR WERE EXTENDED AND LOCKED. HOWEVER, THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE CLOSED WITH THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE PILOT OWNER ELECTED TO HAVE THE RUNWAY FORMED AND A GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE SUCCESSFULLY. A POST INCIDENT INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY D^ AT THE L AND M AIRCRAFT REPAIR STATION AT THE ROME AIRPORT ON JULY 19, 2005. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WHO STATED THAT THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR BECAME BOUND AGAINST THE RIGHT KEEL, (NOSE GEAR OPENING). OPERATION OF THE GEAR IN THE NORMAL AND EMERGENCY MODE WOULD NOT FREE THE NOSE GEAR DOOR, RIGHT SIDE. ^PRIVACY ^ WENT ON TO STATE THAT SIX COMPLETE (FAULT FREE) CYCLES OF THE GEAR WERE MADE DURING THE COURSE OF THE ANNUAL INSPECTION IN BOTH THE NORMAL AND EMERGENCY OPERATION(S). THE ENGINE COWLING WAS ACCESSED AFTER THIS EVENT (HOWEVER) AND UPON REINSTALLATION, MAY HAVE BOUND UP THE GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N13CW (1)

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

- [Accident 19790320014149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790320014149A), Mar 20, 1979: Cessna 210 (N13CW), Guntersville, AL, Substantial damage. Pilot failed to assure landing gear down and locked prior to landing. Landed wheel up.

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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