# Accident 20130214004409A: Cessna 210K, Palestine, TX, February 14, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2013, 17:12 local time
- Place: Palestine, TX
- Airport: Palestine
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7797° N, 95.7063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALESTINE MUNI (PSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7797&lon=-95.7063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9497M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9497M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210K (registry code 2073446, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 544 total, 46 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130214004409A

## Narrative

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

ON DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 18 THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED HALFWAY AND FAILED TO LOCK.  SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BY THE PILOT TO EXTEND AND LOCK THE LANDING  GEAR USING THE NORMAL, ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP GEAR CONTROL, FAILED. THE PILOT USED THE BACKUP MANUAL HAND PUMP GEAR CONTROL AND WAS ABLE TO EXTEND AND LOCK THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR ONLY. VARIOUS FLIGHT MANEUVERS FAILED TO EXTEND AND LOCK THE LEFT GEAR.  THE PILOT THEN FLEW UNTIL THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY, RETURNED TO PALESTINE AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  DURING LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR  COLLAPSED, AND THE PLANE SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, INTO A FIELD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ABOARD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WHEEL. AN INSPECTION FOR  THE CAUSE OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR NOT FULLY EXTENDING AND LOCKING WILL BE PERFORMED BY A MECHANIC HIRED BY THE OWNER WITH M&D REPORTING AS APPROPRIATE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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