# Incident 20100812041619I: Aero Comman 200D, El Paso, TX, August 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2010, 12:45 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2987T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2987T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 200D (registry code 0140312, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-200d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMAN 200D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 45 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100812041619I

## Narrative

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

SOMETIME AFTER ENGING START DURING TAXI, PILOT MOVED GEAR POSITION HANDLE TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION WHICH REMOVED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FROM SYSTEM, WHICH KEPT GEAR ACTUATORS IN THE OVER CENTER POSITION.  DURING AIRCRAFT TAXI PILOT SELECTED 5 DEGREES FLAPS AT WHICH TIME LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY RIGHT GEAR.  NOSE GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED PREVENTING ENGINE AND PROPELLER DAMAGE.  PILOT HAD NOT COMPLETED A REQUIRED CHECK RIDE AS HIS INITIAL CERTIFICATE DATE OF ISSUE WAS 03/17/09.

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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