# Accident 20180818015929A: Cessna T210N, Tulsa, OK, August 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2018, 09:46 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0397° N, 95.9847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0397&lon=-95.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6958N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6958N-2020-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,767 total, 25 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA345) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180818015929A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED RVS FOR MFE. AT 800FT AGL PILOT LOST RADIO COMM. CONTINUED CLIMBING WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM. PILOT SQUAKED 7600 AND PROCEEDED TO RETURN TO RVS. ON DOWNWIND HE ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY THE FLAPS WHICH HE STATED "AND IT WAS SET BUT DID NOT INDICATE". HE THEN LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND STATED HE SAW ONE OVER HIS SHOULDER (L) AND ONE IN THE MIRROR (R). UPON TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED RWY 1L INTO THE GRASS. DUE TO DAMAGE TO PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLS THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN18LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA345), Aug 18, 2018: Cessna T210 (N6958N), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to take off with a known electrical problem, which resulted in the loss of electrical power, problem with the landing gear extension system, and subsequent runway excursion.

## Other reports on N6958N (1)

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

- [Incident 19870630041059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870630041059I), Jun 30, 1987: Cessna T210N (N6958N), Roswell, NM. Engine seized en route after drop in manifold and oil pressure. Landed on a road. Connecting rod had failed.

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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