# Incident 20070727013099I: Cessna T210M, Fresno, CA, July 27, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2007, 07:45 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Chandler Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7321° N, 119.8203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRESNO CHANDLER EXEC (FCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7321&lon=-119.8203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6457B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6457B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070727013099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 27, 2007 AT FRESNO CHANDLER EXECUTIVE (FCH) N6457B A CESSNA T210M ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN DEPARTED FOR TAKEOFF, THE NOSE GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT PRIOR TO BECOMING AIRBORNE ON THE RUNWAY. N6457B BEGAN TO SETTLE CONTACTING THE PROPELLER CAUSING DAMAGE TO ALL THREE BLADES, BENDING TWO BLADES AFT AND ONE FORWARD. N6457B WAS ABLE TO BECOME AIRBORNE AND EXECUTE A RETURN TO CHANDLER EXECUTIVE (FCH) LANDING SAFELY. DURING THIS INCIDENT THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE MAIN GEAR SELECTOR HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE UP POSITION PRIOR TO THE TAKE-OFF. THE PROPELLER WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED FOR REPAIR AS WELL AS THE ENGINE FOR DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N6457B (1)

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

- [Incident 19900705037299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900705037299I), Jul 5, 1990: Cessna T210M (N6457B), South Lake Taho, CA, Minor damage. Failed to lower landing gear. Landed gear up. Did not hear horn because he was wearing a head set.

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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