# Incident 20170217016209I: Cessna T210L, New Bern, NC, February 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2017, 16:45 local time
- Place: New Bern, NC
- Airport: Kewn
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0927° N, 77.0718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bern, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0927&lon=-77.0718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21AN-2026-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,502 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170217016209I

## Narrative

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

WHEN COMING INTO LAND AT KEWN I SELECTED MY GEAR DOWN. WITH NO GREEN LIGHT  INDICATED I LOOKED OUTSIDE TO SEE MY NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED, I RECYCLED THE GEAR A FEW MORE TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. I REVERTED TO THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST AND AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS THAT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. I THEN DID A SOFT LANDING TO MAKE SURE THAT MY MAIN GEARS WERE LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION THEN PERFORMED A HARD BOUNCE LANDING TO SEE IF THE GEAR WOULD SHAKE FREE. THE ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. I HAD DECIDED THAT ALL MY OPTIONS HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED SO I PROCEEDED ON A LANDING WITH OUT A NOSE GEAR BUT BOTH MAIN GEARS. I PERFORMED 2 PRACTICE LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 32 TO GET AN IDEA OF WHERE I WOULD NEED TO LAND AT TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY(4¬-22). ON THE 3RD ATTEMPT I WHEN THROUGH MY EMERGENCY LANDING CHECKLIST AND SECURED MY COCKPIT THEN CAME IN AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 COMING TO A STOP PAST RUNWAY 4¬-22. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP I GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT AND WAITED ON THE GRASS FOR EMERGENCY CREWS TO ARRIVE.

## Other reports on N21AN (2)

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

- [Incident 20190930018399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190930018399I), Sep 30, 2019: Cessna T210L (N21AN), North Myrtle Be, SC, Minor damage. When coming to land at North Myrtle Beach (kcre) the pilot went to put the landing gear down and the rear gear went down and the nose gear did not extend. The…
- [Incident 19780325010289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780325010289I), Mar 25, 1978: Cessna T210L (N21AN), Springfield, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed after touchdown; drag strut damaged and gear actuator end was broken.

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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