# Accident 20100218027679A: Cessna 210L, Aurora, OR, February 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2010, 09:25 local time
- Place: Aurora, OR
- Airport: Aurora State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2469° N, 122.7700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2469&lon=-122.7700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777FW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777FW) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 262 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100218027679A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 35 AT AURORA STATE AIRPORT.  ON CLIMB-OUT PILOT NOTED LANDING GEAR REMAINED DOWN.  ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WHILE REMAINING IN PATTERN.  GEAR POSITON INDICATING LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED.  PILOT VISUALLY CHECKED LH GEAR OUT LH WINDOW AND IN MIRROR ON LH WING.  SAID  HE HAD THE VISUAL APPEARANCE ALL THREE GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT DID NOT PERFORM EMERGENCY CHECKLIST PROCEDURE OR ANY OTHER CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR.  DURING LANDING THE RIGHT WING SETTLED FURTHER THAN THE LH WING,  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO KEEP IT UP AND STEERED TO THE RIGHT DURING HIS ROLLOUT. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FOLDED BACK AND RETRACTED INTO WHEEL WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE TO THE RIGHT INTO  A GRASSY AREA  BETWEEN RUNWAY 35 AND THE TAXIWAY EAST OF RUNWAY 35. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE NOSE GEAR, LH GEAR, RIGHT WING TIP AND THE RIGHT HAND ELEVATOR CAUSING SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE TO THE ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN SOFT DIRT WITH NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS.

## 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 WPR10LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA140), Feb 18, 2010: Cessna 210L (N777FW), Aurora, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear to properly function for undetermined reasons, resulting in the right main landing gear collapsing during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure…

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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