# Accident 20050810024899A: Cessna 210, Rapid City, SD, August 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2005, 18:15 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9408T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9408T-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 13 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050810024899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 10, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 MDT, AT RAPID CITY, SD (RAP), N9408T, CESSNA MODEL CE-210-210, OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, MADE AN EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 23. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED BUT THE MAINS DID NOT EXTEND AND COULD NOT BE EXTENDED MANUALLY DUE TO LOSS OF HYDRAULIC OIL. INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN NOSE GEAR DOOR OPEN LINE ASSEMBLY (P/N 1280106-3). THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ONE PASSENGER PLUS THE PILOT (TWO SOULS TOTAL) WERE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. M&D WILL BE SUBMITTED.

## 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 CHI05LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA225), Aug 10, 2005: Cessna 210 (N9408T), Rapid City, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The landing gear extension not possible and inoperative flap system due to fatigue failure of a hydraulic system tube during approach. An additional cause was the improper rebuild/remanufacture of…

## Other reports on N9408T (3)

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

- [Incident 20050401013659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050401013659I), Apr 1, 2005: Cessna 210 (N9408T), Superior, WI, Minor damage. (-23) Field investigation indicated that the nose landing gear was not up and locked mechanically by the use of the up lock mechanism. The gear was being held…
- [Incident 19790827032899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790827032899I), Aug 27, 1979: Cessna 210 (N9408T), Sebastian, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing downlock was binding due to lack of lubrication.
- [Accident 19750622016299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750622016299A), Jun 22, 1975: Cessna 210 (N9408T), Oak Bluffs, MA, Substantial damage. Steep clb aftr tkof.

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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