# Incident 20111218028859I: Cessna 210L, Hilton Head, SC, December 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2011, 16:33 local time
- Place: Hilton Head, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2163° N, 80.7526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilton Head Island, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2163&lon=-80.7526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210BR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210BR-2021-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,582 total, 930 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111218028859I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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