# Incident 20141231022969I: Cessna 210K, Fargo, ND, December 31, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2014, 16:20 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8229M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8229M) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141231022969I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 31, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 CDT A CESSNA 210K HAD INCIDENT INVOLVING THE FAILURE OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR.   THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE END OF THE SECOND LEG OF A FLIGHT.  UPON PREPARATION FOR LANDING AT FAR, THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND.  EMERGENCY PROCEDURES ALSO FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  THE FLIGHT WAS EXTENDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES TO BURN OFF FUEL AND TO TROUBLESHOOT THE LANDING GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS.  UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND REMAINED EXTENDED.  HOWEVER, THE MAIN GEAR, WHICH WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED, DID NOT SUPPORT THE AIRCRAFT.

MAINTENANCE REPORTED THE FAILURE OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR WHICH PURGED HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM THE SYSTEM.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8229M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890731049619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890731049619I), Jul 31, 1989: Cessna 210K (N8229M), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Wake turbulence on landing rollout. Right wing lowered and aircraft turned right. Left runway. Hit taxi light.

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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