# Incident 20181023020649I: Cessna T210L, Perry, GA, October 23, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2018, 07:30 local time
- Place: Perry, GA
- Airport: Perry-Houston County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5106° N, 83.7673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRY-HOUSTON COUNTY (PXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5106&lon=-83.7673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1000F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1000F-2019-01-23) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 44 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181023020649I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKE OFF PILOT NOTICED HE DID NOT GET AN AMBER GEAR UP AND LOCKED INDICATOR LIGHT. PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT AND PUT GEAR DOWN AND COULD NOT GET A GREEN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. PILOT CONTACTED GROUND AND NOTIFIED THEM OF HIS SITUATION AND TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE FOR VERIFICATION. GROUND REPORTED THAT THE MAIN GEARS WERE DOWN BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL IN THE UP POSITION. PILOT MADE AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON THE MAINS TO TRY AND FREE UP THE NOSE GEAR BUT DID NOT GET THE DESIRED EFFECT HE WAS SEEKING. PILOT MADE A THIRD ATTEMPT AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE UP CAUSING A PROP STRIKE WHICH DAMAGED THE PROP, DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE SKIN BESIDE BOTH FWD NOSE GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N1000F (1)

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

- [Incident 19841128071119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841128071119I), Nov 28, 1984: Cessna T210L (N1000F), Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage. When landing had abnormal noise, veered off runway. Left gear partially extended. Hydraulic pressure switch broke.

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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