# Incident 20061118026239I: Cessna T210G, San Jose, CA, November 18, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2006, 10:17 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6864R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6864R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210G (registry code 2073432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 377 total, 84 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061118026239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED TRUCKEE, CA FOR MINETA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT SAN JOSE, CA. PRIOR TO LANDING THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR BUT DID NOT GET A NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE PILOT TROUBLESHOT THE LANDING AND CONTINUED TO APPROACH THE RUNWAY AS CLEARED. THE PILOT DID NOT GET A NOSE GEAR DOWN CONFIRMATION FROM THE CONTROL TOWER, THEREFORE, THE PILOT MADE A GO-AROUND. ON THE GO-AROUND SHE RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR BUT STILL DID NOT GET A GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE PILOT BEGAN TO HAND PUMP THE LANDING GEAR DOWN BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TO MOVE TO A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ACCOMPLISHED A PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR THUS KEEPING THE NOSE GEAR UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY IT REMAINED DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 800-1000 FEET, HOWEVER, WHEN THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REVEALED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH ASSEMBLY WAS RECENTLY REPLACED AND MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MALFUNCTION.

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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