# Accident 20080227836379A: Cessna 210L, Tampa, FL, February 27, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2008, 01:12 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FPIA
- Location: 27.9756° N, 82.5331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9756&lon=-82.5331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5489V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5489V-2016-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080227836379A

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING LANDING WITH CARGO ON-BOARD, VFR CONDITION AT NIGHT, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDIING GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT STATED THERE WERE NOT INDICATIONS OF A PENDING MALFUNCTION OF THE LANDING GEAR. HE STATED EVEN AFTER THE GEAR COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR INDICATION FOR THE RIGHT MAIN WAS STILL ILLUMINATED. TEAR-DOWN OF MICRO-SWITCH FOR LANDING GEAR SHOWS THE SWITCH FAILED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR UNLOCKED BUT WITH THE SWITCH INDICATING GEAR EXTENDED, THE HYDRAULICS DID NOT ACTIVATE AND GEAR NEVER EXTENDED. PILOT RECEIVED NORMAL GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS IN COCKPIT.

## 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 MIA08LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA066), Feb 27, 2008: Cessna 210L (N5489V), Tampa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the right main landing gear down-and-locked switch.

## Other reports on N5489V (1)

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

- [Incident 20110118002199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110118002199I), Jan 18, 2011: Cessna 210L (N5489V), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. On January 18, 2011, at approximately 12:14 pm, while taxing in dense fog, aircraft N5489V veered off the taxiway pavement into the grass the rotating…

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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