# Accident 20100708037619A: Cessna 210L, Houston, TX, July 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2010, 19:06 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Ellington Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Y5TA
- Location: 29.6044° N, 95.1553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6044&lon=-95.1553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2157S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2157S) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,807 total, 220 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA389) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100708037619A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CASTROVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TX (CVB) ENROUTE TO ELLINGTON FIELD, TX (EFD).  UPON APPROACH TO EFD THERE WAS NO SAFE GEAR INDICATION. PILOT NOTED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.  PILOT DID A GO AROUND AND COMMENSED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.  PILOT COULD NOT GET THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND AND LANDED WITH THE RIGHT GEAR RETRACTED.  PILOT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES BUT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT ELEVATOR.

## 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 CEN10LA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA389), Jul 9, 2010: Cessna 210 (N2157S), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of a hydraulic fluid line, which caused a loss of hydraulic pressure to the landing gear extension system and resulted in the partial collapse of the right main landing gear during…

## Other reports on N2157S (2)

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

- [Accident 19991001044149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991001044149A), Oct 1, 1999: Cessna 210L (N2157S), Fayetteville, AR, No damage. (-23) During a normal approach and landing, the right main landing gear collpsed during touchdown.
- [Incident 19850406014699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850406014699I), Apr 6, 1985: Cessna 210L (N2157S), Jackson, TN. Lost elevator control after takeoff. Landed using trim tab and power. Elevator control cable failed.

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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