# Incident 20110113000359I: Cessna P210N, Wichita, KS, January 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2011, 16:25 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210LF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210LF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,700 total, 3,000 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/20110113000359I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN WHILE ON APPROACH, A POSITIVE "DOWN AND LOCKED" INDICATION WAS NOT OBTAINED.   HE CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT.  TWO PASSES DOWN THE RUNWAY WERE COMPLETED, AND THE TOWER ADVISED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.  ON LANDING, EVERYTHING INITIALLY SEEMED NORMAL, BUT AS THE AIRCRAFT SPEED DECREASED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE MAIN GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE.  DURING A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION WITH THE PILOT, HE STATED THAT WHEN CYCLING THE GEAR DOWN, THE HYDRAULIC PUMP HAD CONTINUED TO RUN.  THE MECHANIC WHO RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS UNABLE TO LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION DUE TO A DISCREPANCY IN THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY (P/N 1280514-1).  A PIN (LH) (P/N 1280209-1) MIGRATED INBOARD FROM ITS FIXED LOCATION.  ON EXTENSION OF THE GEAR, THE NUT (P/N 9880506-1) ATTACHED TO THE PISTON (P/N 1280241-1) ON THE DISPLACED PIN, WHICH STOPPED THE GEAR FROM REACHING ITS FULLY EXTENDED POSITION.

## Other reports on N210LF (1)

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

- [Incident 19900810042429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900810042429I), Aug 10, 1990: Cessna P210N (N210LF), Nunn, CO. Engine failure. Forced landing on a road. Rod bearing could be seen through hole in engine case.

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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