# Incident 20110309007579I: Cessna T210L, Austin, TX, March 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2011, 18:00 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N973MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N973MT-2024-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: TCM TSIO-520-H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 595 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110309007579I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP BUT FAILED TO GET A GEAR UP INDICATOR LIGHT.  PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN BUT RMLG WOULD NOT EXTEND. AFTER WORKING PROBLEM FOR THREE HOURS, PILOT PROCEEDED TO KAUS AND INITIATED A GEAR UP LANDING.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.  PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.AFTER HOISTING AIRCRAFT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A CLEVIS PIN IN THE UP LOCK MECHANISM WAS MISSING.  THE MISSING PIN CAUSED THE UP LOCK MECHANISM TO MALFUNCTION IN NOT ALLOWING THE RMLG TO EXTEND.

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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