20071006023259I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210D · Wenatchee, WA · October 6, 2007

Date: October 6, 2007 · 15:30 local
Place: Wenatchee, WA
Airport: Pangborn Memorial
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1724T
Reported as: Cessna 210D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 380 total38 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

N1724TRegistered now · Cessna 210DS/N 21058360 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCessna 210D Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)After a flight of about one hour for instrument flight training, the nose gear failed to extend upon return to the airport. The pilot reported that the emergency hand pump handle felt "locked up" and was unable to operate it normally. The aircraft landed with the nose gear in the up position on a grass and dirt surface short of the runway. No engine failure was reported. The propeller was damaged and indicated no power application during landing. The lower nose section was damaged. Remainders of the nose landing gear forward doors were present at the hinges. The main landing gear doors were in the open position at landing and were damaged along the leading edges. Minor damage was present in the nose landing gear tunnel. Of note, wheel rub marks on the upper wheel tunnel and door close actuating crossover bar are present. No hydraulic leaks were noted. Pilot was counseled on emergency procedures due to the fact that he did not quite make the runway in his emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AFTER A FLIGHT OF ABOUT ONE HOUR FOR INSTRUMENT FLIGHT TRAINING, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND UPON RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP HANDLE FELT "LOCKED UP" AND WAS UNABLE TO OPERATE IT NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION ON A GRASS AND DIRT SURFACE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. NO ENGINE FAILURE WAS REPORTED. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED AND INDICATED NO POWER APPLICATION DURING LANDING. THE LOWER NOSE SECTION WAS DAMAGED. REMAINDERS OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORWARD DOORS WERE PRESENT AT THE HINGES. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE IN THE OPEN POSITION AT LANDING AND WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE LEADING EDGES. MINOR DAMAGE WAS PRESENT IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TUNNEL. OF NOTE, WHEEL RUB MARKS ON THE UPPER WHEEL TUNNEL AND DOOR CLOSE ACTUATING CROSSOVER BAR ARE PRESENT. NO HYDRAULIC LEAKS WERE NOTED. PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURES DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE DID NOT QUITE MAKE THE RUNWAY IN HIS EMERGENCY LANDING.