# Accident 20090705017959A: Cessna 210L, Lansing, MI, July 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2009, 13:07 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4625Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4625Q) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090705017959A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AT 1707Z ON 5TH JULY 2009.  PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED N4625Q A CE-210 GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 28R AT KLAN AIRPORT. THE PILOT HAD DONE THREE PATTERNS AT GARND HAVEN AIRPORT.  ON THE FOURTH PATTERN THE GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN SO THE PILOT CHECKED THE HYDRAULIC LEVEL AND WHEN PUTTING THE DIPSTICK BACK IN THE RESEVOIR THE DIPSTICK FELL OFF INTO THE TANK.  THE PILOT TRIED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND THE STILL DID NOT WORK.  THE GEAR WAS COMPLETELY UP WITH THE GER DOORS UP.  AFTER AN HOUR OF TROUBLESHOOTING THE PILOT LANDED WITH ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE THE DIPSTICK FOR THE HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK AND TANK WAS NEAR EMPTY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4625Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19790919023929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790919023929I), Sep 19, 1979: Cessna 210L (N4625Q), Rockford, IL, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend the gear before touchdown.

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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