# Incident 20130813014139I: Cessna P210N, Mesa, AZ, August 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2013, 10:35 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4223° N, 111.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-111.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6328P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6328P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,395 total, 1,820 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130813014139I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/13/2013 THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO HIS HOME BASE MESA FALCON FIELD (FFZ) AFTER A SHORT FLIGHT TO PINAL COUNTY, AZ.  THE PILOT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM FOR RUNWAY 04 LANDING FALCON FIELD.

AFTER PERFORMING HIS FIRST GUMP CHECK HE NOTICED HE DID NOT HAVE A GREEN INDICATION LIGHT INDICTING THE LANDING GEAR IS DOWN AND LOCKED, ( CESSNA P210 ONLY HAVE ONE GREEN LIGHT FOR THE 3 MAIN LANDING GEAR). THE PILOT CHECKED THE GREEN LIGHT BY A PRESS TO TEST PROCEDURE WHICH DETERMINED IF THE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS OPERATING NORMALLY.

THE PILOT REPORTED THE SITUATION TO THE TOWER AND REQUESTED A FLY BY. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE AIRCRAFT HAD 3 LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO LEAVE THE PATTERN TO EXECUTE THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CHECK LIST AND PERFORM SOME MANEUVERS WHICH MIGHT AID IN A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.

THE PILOT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS RETURNED TO (FFZ) WHERE HE MADE A  SLOW APPROACH SETTING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR FIRST AND HOLDING THE NOSE OFF THE RUNWAY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. THE PILOT SLOWLY SET THE NOSE DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGUN TO FALL. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 15 KNOTS WHEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO FALL STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND COMING TO REST.

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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