# Incident 20090425005339I: Cessna 210E, Wilmington, DE, April 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2009, 12:27 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: New Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6787° N, 75.6066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE (ILG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6787&lon=-75.6066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210U-2016-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 79 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090425005339I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  WHILE IN TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR CHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT, (MQS), THE PILOT STATES THAT THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR FAILED TO SHOW DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE "LANDING GEAR-EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PROCEDURES" LOCATED IN THE AIRCRAFT OWNERS MANUAL WERE FOLLOWED, HOWEVER, THE GEAR INDICATOR STILL FAILED TO SHOW DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT, (ILG) WHERE AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PILOT PERFORMED THE "LANDING WITH DEFECTIVE NOSE GEAR CHECKLIST" ALSO LOCATED IN THE AIRCRAFT OWNERS MANUAL.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE 2 MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSE, PROPELLER, AND NOSE GEAR DOORS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AFTER AIRSPEED DIMINISHED.

## Other reports on N210U (2)

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

- [Incident 19810722070479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810722070479I), Jul 22, 1981: Cessna 210E (N210U), Caldwell, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19781205022379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781205022379I), Dec 5, 1978: Cessna 172N (N210U), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Student landing directly into bright sun hit nose first. Nose tire blown out.

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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