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FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · Long Beach, CA · August 24, 2007

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Date
August 24, 2007 · 18:55 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6448Y
Reported as
Cessna T210N
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N6448YRegistration cancelled May 19, 2009 · Cessna T210NS/N 21064388 · Built 1981Airframe modelCessna T210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) R.o. daily report indicates an aircraft incident occurred at Long Beach airport at 1855 PDT on August 24, 2007. Cessna T210 aircraft N6448Y was reported to have had a nose gear that would not extend on landing. Investigation and interview with the pilot revealed that main landing gear extended and locked normally, but the nose gear remained the wheel well. Manual extension procedures and aircraft maneuvers did not force the gear to extend. A nose gear up landing was executed at Long Beach airport without further incident or injury to the occupants. Inspection of the aircraft found the forward nose landing gear doors scraped and dented, the exhaust stack ground down, the lower engine cowls scraped on the bottom edges, and the prop tips bent backward from the prop strike. The right hand gear door had a vertical tear approximately midway down the upper edge, and the turbo cowl had several indentations at a matching location on its upper edge.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) R.O. DAILY REPORT INDICATES AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT OCCURRED AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT AT 1855 PDT ON AUGUST 24, 2007. CESSNA T210 AIRCRAFT N6448Y WAS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD A NOSE GEAR THAT WOULD NOT EXTEND ON LANDING. INVESTIGATION AND INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT REVEALED THAT MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED NORMALLY, BUT THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED THE WHEEL WELL. MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURES AND AIRCRAFT MANEUVERS DID NOT FORCE THE GEAR TO EXTEND. A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING WAS EXECUTED AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT OR INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THE FORWARD NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS SCRAPED AND DENTED, THE EXHAUST STACK GROUND DOWN, THE LOWER ENGINE COWLS SCRAPED ON THE BOTTOM EDGES, AND THE PROP TIPS BENT BACKWARD FROM THE PROP STRIKE. THE RIGHT HAND GEAR DOOR HAD A VERTICAL TEAR APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY DOWN THE UPPER EDGE, AND THE TURBO COWL HAD SEVERAL INDENTATIONS AT A MATCHING LOCATION ON ITS UPPER EDGE.