20191210022119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210M · Broomfield, CO · December 10, 2019

Date
December 10, 2019 · 14:02 local
Place
Broomfield, CO
Airport
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Ai
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N301MM
Reported as
Cessna T210M
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After takeoff, the pilot retracted the landing gear, when he extended the gear, only the mains extended, the nose gear would not extend. The pilot cycled the gear multiple times trying to get the nose gear down with no effect; he then tried to manually lower the gear but the nose gear would still not come down. He landed nose gear up damaging the prop and nose gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR, WHEN HE EXTENDED THE GEAR, ONLY THE MAINS EXTENDED, THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR MULTIPLE TIMES TRYING TO GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN WITH NO EFFECT; HE THEN TRIED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR BUT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD STILL NOT COME DOWN. HE LANDED NOSE GEAR UP DAMAGING THE PROP AND NOSE GEAR DOORS.