# Accident 20080320832569A: Cessna 210N, Cincinnati, OH, March 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2008, 15:15 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati-Blue Ash
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2467° N, 84.3889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2467&lon=-84.3889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4943U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4943U-2011-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080320832569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 24 AT BLUE ASH AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 LOCAL TIME. UPON MAKING THE FIRST TURN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, PILOT NOTICED THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. PILOT ELECTED TO REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LAND IMMEDIATELY, THINKING THAT HE WAS FACING A POTENTIAL INFLIGHT FIRE SITUATION. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND STATED THAT HE HEARD AND FELT A "THUMP" WHICH LED HIM TO BELIEVE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT DID NOT OPERATE THE MANUAL LANDING GEAR PUMP AND DID NOT VISUALLY CONFIRM OUT HIS WINDOW THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMING IN AT A HIGHER SPEED THAN HE WOULD NORMALLY EXPERIENCE. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 24, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS FOLDED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT HAD LOCKED DOWN, PREVENTING THE PROPELLER FROM STIKING THE GROUND. DURING DEPARTURE FROM THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT CAUSING IT TO SHEAR FROM ITS MOUNT.

## 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 CHI08CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA092), Mar 20, 2008: Cessna 210N (N4943U), Cincinnati, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to operate the airplane with a "dead" battery contrary to guidance provided by the Pilot's Operating Handbook. An additional cause was the pilot's failure to verify that the…

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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