# Incident 20130209001959I: Cessna 210L, Bessemer, AL, February 9, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2013, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1667X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 750 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130209001959I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 9, 2013, ABOUT 1230 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 210L, EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHILE FLYING TO THE WEST OF BESSEMER AIRPORT, BESSEMER, ALABAMA (EKY).

THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED EKY AND FLEW WEST APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT?S ELECTRICAL POWER FAILED.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE STAYED WEST OF BESSEMER AIRPORT TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE AIRCRAFT?S ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

HE STATED THAT HE TURNED EVERY RADIO OFF AS WELL AS, ANYTHING ELECTRICAL.  AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF TROUBLE SHOOTING THE AIRCRAFT?S ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, HE MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE PATTERN FOR LANDING AT BESSEMER AIRPORT.

HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH AGAIN BUT THERE WAS NO SOUND FROM THE GEAR PUMP, AND

THERE WERE NO GREEN LIGHTS FOR LANDING GEAR BEING DOWN AND LOCKED, NOR ANY AMBER LIGHTS FOR LANDING GEAR BEING RETRACTED.

HE ACTIVATED THE MANUAL GEAR PUMP AND PUMPED THE GEAR DOWN UNTIL THE PUMP WAS HARD AND COULD NOT BE MOVED.  HE STATED THAT HE COULD VISUALLY OBSERVE, WITH A  MIRROR, THAT THE MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR WAS EXTENDED.

DURING TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFTS MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAYS EDGE.

THE ON SITE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE EMPENNAGE. THE VHF ANTENNA AND OTHER ANTENNAS ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE SEVERED. THE LEFT ELEVATOR RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE.

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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