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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna P210N · Sarasota-Braden, FL · February 11, 2006

Date: February 11, 2006 · 14:18 local
Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6504P
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA06LA051
Reported as: Cessna P210N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,855 total938 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N6504PRegistration cancelled Feb 12, 2010 · Cessna P210NS/N P21000183 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna P210N Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On February 11, 2006 at 1418 EST, N6504P, a Cessna P210N, registered to the pilot privacy data omitted sustained collapse of the nose landing gear on landing rollout. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and the aircraft was on VFR flight following. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the commercial-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated at okeechobee, Florida on February 11, 2006 at 1330 hours. The pilot stated that the landing gear was down and locked as indicated by the green down light and by visual reference to a mirror on the left wing. The main gear touchdown was firm and the nose of the aircraft continued to lower until the prop contacted the runway surface. The pilot applied backpressure to raise the nose but as the airspeed bled off the nose lowered again until it contacted the runway surface with the nose gear inside the gear will and the gear doors closed. Landing gear operation was found to be normal with the aircraft on jacks.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 11, 2006 AT 1418 EST, N6504P, A CESSNA P210N, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED SUSTAINED COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ON LANDING ROLLOUT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA ON FEBRUARY 11, 2006 AT 1330 HOURS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AS INDICATED BY THE GREEN DOWN LIGHT AND BY VISUAL REFERENCE TO A MIRROR ON THE LEFT WING. THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHDOWN WAS FIRM AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO LOWER UNTIL THE PROP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PILOT APPLIED BACKPRESSURE TO RAISE THE NOSE BUT AS THE AIRSPEED BLED OFF THE NOSE LOWERED AGAIN UNTIL IT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE WITH THE NOSE GEAR INSIDE THE GEAR WILL AND THE GEAR DOORS CLOSED. LANDING GEAR OPERATION WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA06LA051Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSarasota, FLThe collapse of the nose landing gear for undetermined reasons.Feb 11, 2006 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N6504P · 1

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

Incident 19810330019589IInitial Approach-IFR · Yerington, NVUnable to get right gear down normally due to hydraulic loss. Bolt had rubbed hole in up hydraulic line.Mar 30, 1981