# Incident 20100902045359I: Cessna 210H, Gainsville, FL, September 2, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2010, 02:30 local time
- Place: Gainsville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6152F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6152F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210H (registry code 2073436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100902045359I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING AIRCRAFT IN GAINSVILLE, FL (GNV) ON 9/2/2010 AT 0230, PILOT REPORTED HE WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT AND FELT ALONG WITH HEARING A LOUD "SNAP". THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IMMEDIATLY COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. PILOT ADVISED GREEN LIGHT WAS "ON" INDICATING LANDING GEARS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED.THE PILOT STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTIFIED FSS OF DISABLED AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY. THERE WAS ONLY (1) PERSON ON-BOARD AND NO INJURIES.LOCAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY REMOVED AIRCRAFT FROM RUNWAY AND RELOCATED IT IN THEIR HANGAR.

## Other reports on N6152F (2)

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

- [Incident 19950814024059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950814024059I), Aug 14, 1995: Cessna 210H (N6152F), Gainesville, FL, Minor damage. During landing pilot failed to extend the landing gear.
- [Incident 19790420024449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790420024449I), Apr 20, 1979: Cessna 210H (N6152F), Pittsburgh, PA, Substantial damage. Two unauthorized individuals entered and started airplane. It got away and crashed through fence.

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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