# Accident 20061122025099A: Cessna 210, North Topsail, NC, November 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2006, 07:40 local time
- Place: North Topsail, NC
- Airport: North Topsail Shores Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7694° N, 94.8494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7694&lon=-94.8494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7499E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7499E-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061122025099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE LANDING GEAR ON CE-210 N7499E FAILED TO LOCK DOWN IN THE EXTENDED POSITION. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT, DAMAGING THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^   (-23 AMENDMENT) ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LANDING GEAR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION AND COULD ONLY EXTEND NOSE GEAR. PILOT MADE APPROACH AND LANDING TO GRASS PARALLELING THE RUNWAY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT WING DIPPED LEFT AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB AND LEFT ELEVATOR WERE BENT AND DAMAGED AS AIRCRAFT SKIDDED LEFT ACROSS THE RUNWAY TO A STOP ON OTHER SIDE. PICTURES PROVIDED BY LOCAL RESIDENT TO SUBSTANTIATE LEVEL OF DAMAGE.

## 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 DFW07CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA031), Nov 22, 2006: Cessna 210 (N7499E), Baytown, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the main landing gear to fully extend for an undetermined reason during takeoff-initial climb, which resulted in a gear-up landing.

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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