# Accident 20081022851392A: Cessna P210N, Grand Junction, CO, October 22, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2008, 07:38 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Grand Junction Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9436° N, 108.3497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9436&lon=-108.3497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731NX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731NX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,239 total, 5,700 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081022851392A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 0738MST, ON OCTOBER 22, 2008, AND APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND JUNCTION AIRPORT (GJT), N731NX IMPACTED WITH N3389D WHILE N731NX WAS IN A SLIGHT CLIMBING RIGHT TURN AND TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 120 KNOTS.  THE PILOT OF N731NX, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HEARD AN IMPACT AND THOUGHT HE HAD SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE.  DUE TO THE SOUND OF THE IMPACT THE PILOT RECOGNIZED THAT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO GJT AIRPORT AS A PRECAUTION.  UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GJT AIRPORT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT RECEIVE A NOSE WHEEL DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXHAUSTED ALL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 29 AT GJT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON IT MAINS AND THEN CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE.  THE NOSE GEAR NEVER EXTENDED.

## 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 CEN09LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA031), Oct 22, 2008: Cessna P210 (N731NX), Whitewater, CO, minor damage. Probable cause: Both pilots' failure to see and avoid the other airplane. Contributing factors in this accident were the Cessna 180 pilot's attention being diverted and the Cessna 210 pilot's vision being affected…

## Other reports on N731NX (2)

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

- [Incident 20100426032769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100426032769I), Apr 26, 2010: Cessna P210N (N731NX), Melfa, VA, Minor damage. A Cessna 210 was attempting to land on runway 210 with the landing gear retracted. Pilot admitted he failed to put the landing gear down.
- [Incident 19971015033929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971015033929I), Oct 15, 1997: Cessna P210N (N731NX), Bryce Canyon, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: this incident occurred when the aircraft was being operated in the public use function. When this office was notified of the incident, the mesa…

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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