# Incident 20081126851639I: Cessna 210N, West Memphis, AR, November 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2008, 10:00 local time
- Place: West Memphis, AR
- Airport: West Memphis Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1351° N, 90.2344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST MEMPHIS MUNI (AWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1351&lon=-90.2344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5439A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5439A-2011-01-18) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,121 total, 933 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081126851639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 26, 2008 AT 10:00 AM AIRCRAFT N5439A A CESSNA 210 DEPARTED IFR FROM WEST MEMPHIS AIRPORT (KAWM) FOR LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT (KLIT).  AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MIN INTO THE FLIGHT AT 4,000' EXPERIENCED LOSS ELECTRICAL WITH LOSS OF COMMUNICATION AND AUTOPILOT.  UPON ATTEMPT TO LAND AT KAWM THE LANDING GEAR CYCLED DOWN TO 50 PERCENT AND STOPPED.  THE ONLY PASSENGER TRIED TO PUMP THE GEAR DOWN, BUT AFTER 25 MINUTES AND NO MOVEMENT OF THE GEAR THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18.  THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURY TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N5439A (1)

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

- [Incident 20051120027859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051120027859I), Nov 20, 2005: Cessna 210N (N5439A), West Memphis, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On November 20, 2005, at 13:30 CST, a Cessna CE-210-N, N5439A, landed at the West Memphis Municipal Airport (awm), West Memphis, Arkansas, without having…

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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