# Incident 20060427006769I: Cessna 210B, Houston, TX, April 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2006, 12:05 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9714X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9714X) (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: 18,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060427006769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM SPRING, TEXAS (KDWH) TO GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS (KGPM) PILOT REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT KGPM, THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. PILOT AND PASSENGER VERIFIED THAT THE MAIN LANDING WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE LANDING GEAR BUT STILL DID NOT GET THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND. PILOT STATED HE USED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FROM THE FLIGHT MANUAL TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, BUT STILL COULD NOT GET NOSE GEAR DOWN. PILOT THEN REDUCED AIRSPEED AND FLEW BACK TO KDWH TO BURN OFF EXCESS FUEL. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR USING MANUAL EXTENSION BEFORE LANDING AT KDWH. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 17R, AND SKID TO A STOP, 60 YARDS FROM TOUCH DOWN ON THE NOSE COWLING. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS CONTAINED TO UNDERSIDE OF ENGINE COWLING, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND ENGINE PROPELLER. INSPECTORS SAW THAT THE LEFT HAND MAIN GEAR DOOR WAS ALSO BENT WITH A PARTIALLY BROKEN HINGE.

## Other reports on N9714X (1)

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

- [Incident 20080301011729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080301011729I), Mar 1, 2008: Cessna 210B (N9714X), Liberty, TX, Minor damage. (-23) After a fuel stop, the pilot was taxiing out and after traveling a short distance on the taxiway, the nose started to shimmy and the nose wheel fork…

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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