# Accident 20060211001879A: Cessna P210N, Sarasota-Braden, FL, February 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2006, 14:18 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3956° N, 82.5544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3956&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6504P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6504P-2010-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,855 total, 938 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060211001879A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 MIA06LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA051), Feb 11, 2006: Cessna P210N (N6504P), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the nose landing gear for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N6504P (1)

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

- [Incident 19810330019589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810330019589I), Mar 30, 1981: Cessna P210N (N6504P), Yerington, NV. Unable to get right gear down normally due to hydraulic loss. Bolt had rubbed hole in up hydraulic line.

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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