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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210N · Omaha, NE · November 24, 2012

Date
November 24, 2012 · 00:04 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FPIA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N4637Y
Reported as
Cessna 210N
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,683 total365 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

At approximately 00:00 CST, Saturday morning (midnight), 11/24/2012, N4637Y, a Cessna 210N, departed Eppley Airfield, Omaha NE. The aircraft was being operated by flight express, air carrier certificate fpia, as a cargo operation. During climbout, the pilot banked left to turn. As the pilot leveled the wings he noticed the attitude indicator behaving erratically. The pilot determined the indicator was not operating properly and returned to Eppley Airfield to have the indicator evaluated. The return flight to Eppley was completed without further incident. Maintenance personnel from signature technicair in Omaha (mgor), replaced the attitude gyro indicator with an airworthy unit of the same part no. the incident occurred during night VMC and the pilot sustained no injuries nor did the aircraft sustain any damage.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 00:00 CST, SATURDAY MORNING (MIDNIGHT), 11/24/2012, N4637Y, A CESSNA 210N, DEPARTED EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA NE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY FLIGHT EXPRESS, AIR CARRIER CERTIFICATE FPIA, AS A CARGO OPERATION. DURING CLIMBOUT, THE PILOT BANKED LEFT TO TURN. AS THE PILOT LEVELED THE WINGS HE NOTICED THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR BEHAVING ERRATICALLY. THE PILOT DETERMINED THE INDICATOR WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY AND RETURNED TO EPPLEY AIRFIELD TO HAVE THE INDICATOR EVALUATED. THE RETURN FLIGHT TO EPPLEY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM SIGNATURE TECHNICAIR IN OMAHA (MGOR), REPLACED THE ATTITUDE GYRO INDICATOR WITH AN AIRWORTHY UNIT OF THE SAME PART NO. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING NIGHT VMC AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES NOR DID THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.