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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · Victoria, TX · July 14, 2014

Date: July 14, 2014 · 13:00 local
Place: Victoria, TX
Airport: Victoria Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N210SD
Reported as: Cessna T210N
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 410 total140 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N210SDRegistered now · Cessna T210NS/N 21064225 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna T210N Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The houston FSDO received a report of an aircraft landing at Victoria Regional (vct) airport on rnwy 13R with the nose landing gear up. The aircraft and it's sole occupant, the PIC, were enroute to corpus christi international (crp), when, during final approach, the gear was selected down and only the main gear extended. The flight approach was terminated, and the PIC returned to the point of origin. Multiple attemps to extend the nose gear via emergency procedures and flight manuvers, produced no change to the aircraft condition. The aircraft, after exhausting the majority of the fuel state, landed without injury to the PIC.

As the FAA filed it

THE HOUSTON FSDO RECEIVED A REPORT OF AN AIRCRAFT LANDING AT VICTORIA REGIONAL (VCT) AIRPORT ON RNWY 13R WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT AND IT'S SOLE OCCUPANT, THE PIC, WERE ENROUTE TO CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL (CRP), WHEN, DURING FINAL APPROACH, THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND ONLY THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED. THE FLIGHT APPROACH WAS TERMINATED, AND THE PIC RETURNED TO THE POINT OF ORIGIN. MULTIPLE ATTEMPS TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR VIA EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND FLIGHT MANUVERS, PRODUCED NO CHANGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT, AFTER EXHAUSTING THE MAJORITY OF THE FUEL STATE, LANDED WITHOUT INJURY TO THE PIC.