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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna P210N · Lewistion, ID · June 12, 2018

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Date: June 12, 2018 · 08:40 local
Place: Lewistion, ID
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7546K
Reported as: Cessna P210N
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total400 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N7546KRegistration cancelled Aug 18, 2025 · Cessna P210NS/N P21000407 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna P210N Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On 6/12/2018 the aircraft was on approach into lewiston Idaho when the landing gear would not extend. The pilot tried several times to extend the landing gear, to include using the manual emergency procedures but could not get the gear locked in the down position. The pilot decided to conduct an emergency gear up landing. The pilot landed, but the nose gear was still down and locked, the aircraft veered off the left side of runway 30 and came to a rest. Upon inspection of the aircraft, a hydraulic line on the power pack gear system was found ruptured right at the ferrule fitting. The line was on the aux pressure side of the system.

As the FAA filed it

ON 6/12/2018 THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH INTO LEWISTON IDAHO WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, TO INCLUDE USING THE MANUAL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES BUT COULD NOT GET THE GEAR LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT DECIDED TO CONDUCT AN EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING. THE PILOT LANDED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL DOWN AND LOCKED, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 30 AND CAME TO A REST. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, A HYDRAULIC LINE ON THE POWER PACK GEAR SYSTEM WAS FOUND RUPTURED RIGHT AT THE FERRULE FITTING. THE LINE WAS ON THE AUX PRESSURE SIDE OF THE SYSTEM.