# Accident 20180914022309A: Cessna T210N, San Luis Obispo, CA, September 14, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2018, 17:14 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2375° N, 120.6406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2375&lon=-120.6406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5340Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5340Y) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180914022309A

## Narrative

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

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA: N5340Y, C210, ON LANDING RWY29 RIGHT GEAR FAILED CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF RWY. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO TAIL, STABILIZER, AND RT WING REPORTED. POB: 1, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: SUBSTANTIAL. 09/15/2018 0020Z

## 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 WPR18LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA264), Sep 15, 2018: Cessna T210 (N5340Y), San Luis Obispo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear extension motor due to wear, which resulted in the right main landing gear not fully extending and locking into place during landing. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N5340Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20210929018649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210929018649I), Sep 29, 2021: Cessna T210N (N5340Y), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he was cleared to land and extended the landing gear. He verfied that the green landing gear light illuminated and also confirmed the gear…

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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