# Accident 20150108000599A: Cessna 210B, Sullivan, MO, January 8, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2015, 16:40 local time
- Place: Sullivan, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2333° N, 91.8525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2333&lon=-91.8525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9565X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9565X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150108000599A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 08, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:40, A CESSNA 210, REGISTRATION NUMBER N9565X OPERATING CFR PART 91 EXPERIENCED A SITUATION WHERE THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED FROM JEFFERSON CITY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (JEF) TO SULLIVAN REGIONAL AIRPORT (UUV) IN SULLIVAN, MO.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO (UUV) WITH THE LANDING GEAR ISSUE AND THE PILOT PHONED AIRFRAME AND POWER-PLANT MECHANIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. THE MECHANIC AND THE PILOT DISCUSSED PERFORMING THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR PROCEDURE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED THE PROCEDURE AND THE MAIN GEARS WOULD NOT GO TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.  THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED A GEAR UP LANDING AT (UUV) AIRPORT. THE LANDING WAS ON THE RUNWAY AT A LOW AIRSPEED. THE PILOT USED THE RUDDER AND AILERON AT THE LAST MOMENT TO TRY TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND ENDED UP ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. THE PILOT WAS THE SOUL PERSON ONBOARD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP TIPPING TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN  THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL CONTACTING THE GROUND RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN15LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA116), Jan 8, 2015: Cessna 210 (N9565X), Sullivan, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of hydraulic fluid and subsequent pressure due to cracks in the right main landing gear (MLG) actuator, which resulted in the collapse of the MLG during landing.

## Other reports on N9565X (1)

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

- [Incident 20010321003909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010321003909I), Mar 21, 2001: Cessna 210B (N9565X), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On return flight from cez to dvt the pilot was unable to lower the landing gear prior to landing at dvt. After recycling the landing gear all three…

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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