# Incident 20051224029199I: Cessna 210B, Rifle, CO, December 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2005, 00:30 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5263° N, 107.7270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5263&lon=-107.7270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9550X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9550X-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051224029199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/23/05, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ PILOTED N9550X A CESSNA 210FROM GLENWOOD SPRINGS (GWS) TO DENVER, CO (DIA) AND THEN TO ASPEN, CO (ASE) WITH HIS SON WHO HE PICKED UP AT DIA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ ARRIVED AT ASE AFTER THE ASE LANDING CURFEW BECAME EFFECTIVE AND ELECTED TO FLY TO EAGLE, CO (EGE). UPON LANDING AT EGE HE WAS UNABLE TO REFUEL OR RENT A CAR SO THEY ELECTED TO FLY TO RIFLE, CO (RIL) WHERE THEY LANDED AT APPROXIMATELY 00:30 MST ON 12/24/05. UPON LANDING AND ROLLOUT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET BEYOND THE TOUCHDOWN POINT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND DROPPED ALONG WITH THE PROP STRIKING THE PAVEMENT. NEITHER THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ OR HIS SON WERE INJURED. INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR FORK FAILED WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM MST ON 12/24/05, INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA O^ INTERVIEWED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ OVER THE TELEPHONE CONCERNING THE INCIDENT AND DURING THAT INTERVIEW THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A VALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OR A VALID FLIGHT REVIEW. I INSTRUCTED HIM TO SEND HIS PILOT LOGBOOK TO THIS OFFICE VIA CERTIFIED MAIL FORINSPECTION.

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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