# Incident 20111106025919I: Cessna 210B, Charleston, WV, November 6, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2011, 11:51 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9741X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9741X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 677 total, 129 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111106025919I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED JACKSON COUNTY AIRPORT (I18), WV FOR CLERMONT COUNTY AIRPORT (I69), OH. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT COMPLETELY. FOUR ATTEMPTS WERE MADE AT I18 TO CYCLE THE GEAR BACK DOWN AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO YEAGER AIRPORT (CRW), WV TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. ENROUTE TO CRW THREE MORE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE GEAR DOWN AS PER THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE PILOT AT CRW AND THE PILOT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 23. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FORWARD UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR SMOKE DAMAGE FROM AN EXTERNAL FIRE DUE TO SPARKS CREATED BY THE IMPACT AND THE FORWARD LEFT BELLY FUEL DRAIN BEING DAMAGED (CAUSING THE FUEL TO DRAIN)DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED IMMEDIATELY BY THE ARFF. THE PILOT WAS UNHURT.

## Other reports on N9741X (1)

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

- [Incident 19781119026279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781119026279I), Nov 19, 1978: Cessna 210 (N9741X), Trap Pond, DE, Minor damage. Engine quit during climbout. One fuel tank was empty. Pilot failed to change the fuel selector.

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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