# Incident 20170707020799I: Cessna 210B, Houston, TX, July 7, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2017, 12:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9642X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9642X-2019-07-12) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,800 total, 46 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170707020799I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT THEY DEPARTED KLVJ FOR A LOCAL MX CHECK FLIGHT WITH A PILOT RATED PASSENGER. 5 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE AT 800 FEET WHEN TRYING TO RETRACT THE GEAR. THE GEAR UNHOOKED AND WENT INTO WELLS BUT DOORS DID NOT CLOSE. THEY EXTENDED THE GEAR AGAIN AND THE MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO FULLY EXTEND. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES OF ATTEMPTING TO HAND PUMP THE GEAR DOWN WITH NO CHANGE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO RETRACT THE GEAR AGAIN AND DO A GEAR UP LANDING AT KEFD FOR THE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.

## Other reports on N9642X (2)

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

- [Incident 20110622011839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110622011839I), Jun 22, 2011: Cessna 210B (N9642X), Omaha, NE, No damage. The aircraft was landing on runway 32 at Omaha eppley airfield. A gust of wind pushed the aircraft into the runway light, knocking it over. The reported wind…
- [Incident 19920907042879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920907042879I), Sep 7, 1992: Cessna 210B (N9642X), Put In Bay, OH, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Nose gear collapsed.

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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