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FAA incident report · Cessna 210L · Hilton Head, SC · December 18, 2011

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Date
December 18, 2011 · 16:33 local
Place
Hilton Head, SC
Airport
Hilton Head Island
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N210BR
Reported as
Cessna 210L
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,582 total930 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
N210BRRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2021 · Cessna 210LS/N 21060593 · Built 1974Airframe modelCessna 210LEngine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was landing this aircraft at Hilton Head Island Airport, in south carolina. He attempted to put the landing gear down. The landing gear would not go down. The pilot flew past the tower and requested a visual. The tower stated the gear was not down and the left gear door was partically open. The pilot tried the emergency extension system, three times, trying to pump the gear down without results. The pilot determined the reservoir was empty of fluid that was needed to use the emergency extension of the landing gear. The pilot made a gear up landing. After examination of the airplane in a hangar with the landing put in the down, extended position, it was determined the left main gear door actuator retaining ring had come out of place, and the actuator had separated from the rod end. All the fluid then came out of the entire system, rendering gear extension by either the normal or emergency methods impossible. The part number of the left main gear door actuator is #1281028-1, serial number #2744 and assembly date 3/74. The last annual inspection was accomplished on 11/2/2011.there is an STC for removal of these gear doors and associated actuators which improves the system, but it had not been accomplished.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING THIS AIRCRAFT AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT, IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN. THE PILOT FLEW PAST THE TOWER AND REQUESTED A VISUAL. THE TOWER STATED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND THE LEFT GEAR DOOR WAS PARTICALLY OPEN. THE PILOT TRIED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM, THREE TIMES, TRYING TO PUMP THE GEAR DOWN WITHOUT RESULTS. THE PILOT DETERMINED THE RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY OF FLUID THAT WAS NEEDED TO USE THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING. AFTER EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE IN A HANGAR WITH THE LANDING PUT IN THE DOWN, EXTENDED POSITION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR RETAINING RING HAD COME OUT OF PLACE, AND THE ACTUATOR HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ROD END. ALL THE FLUID THEN CAME OUT OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, RENDERING GEAR EXTENSION BY EITHER THE NORMAL OR EMERGENCY METHODS IMPOSSIBLE. THE PART NUMBER OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR IS #1281028-1, SERIAL NUMBER #2744 AND ASSEMBLY DATE 3/74. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON 11/2/2011.THERE IS AN STC FOR REMOVAL OF THESE GEAR DOORS AND ASSOCIATED ACTUATORS WHICH IMPROVES THE SYSTEM, BUT IT HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.