# Incident 20191215021539I: Cessna 210M, Georgetown, SC, December 15, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2019, 10:45 local time
- Place: Georgetown, SC
- Airport: Georgetown County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3114° N, 79.3203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGETOWN COUNTY (GGE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3114&lon=-79.3203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732XT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N732XT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,778 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191215021539I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/15/2019 AT APPROXIMATLY 1000 HOURS PILOT TOOK OFF FROM GGE (GEORGETOWN, SC) TO PRACTICE A COUPLE OF TOUCH AND GO PROCEDURES BEFORE DEPARTING ON A TRIP. AFTER TAKEOFF THE GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. ON THE FIRST DOWNWIND THE PILOT LOWERED THE GEAR DOWN SWITCH, THE GREEN LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. HE RECYCLED THE GEAR APPROXIMATLY 8 TIMES. HE ALSO VERIFIED THE GREEN DOWN LIGHT WAS GOOD. THE PILOT CALLED THE FBO ON THE RADIO AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND TOLD THEM HE WANTED TO DO A LOW SLOW FLIGHT BY THE FBO FOR A VISUAL LOOK TO SEE IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE FBO REPORTED THAT THE NOSE AND MAIN GEAR LOOKED DOWN AND GOOD. PILOT RECYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL MORE TIMES AND STILL NO GREEN LIGHT. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND ON RW29, ONE OF THE SELDOM USED RUNWAYS. PILOT APPROACHED WITH FULL FLAP. ON TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED.

INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRAVELED TO GGE TO WITNESS THE LIFTING OF THE AIRCRAFT. ONCE THE NOSE GEAR WAS OFF THE GROUND THE MECHANIC VERIFIED THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK INTO THE DOWN POSITION. THE GEAR WOULD SWING THRU FULL ROTATION BUT THE HOOKS WOULD NOT LOCK ONTO THE HOOK PIN. THE MECHANICS COULD NOT ROTATE THE HOOKS BY HAND OR WITH THE HELP OF STANDARD HAND TOOLS. FURTHER DISASSEMBLY WAS NOT PERFORMED AT THIS TIME DUE TO HANGAR SPACE AND AIRCRAFT JACK AVAILABILITY.

## Other reports on N732XT (1)

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

- [Incident 20130320005379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130320005379I), Mar 20, 2013: Cessna 210M (N732XT), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. N732XT, while landing on runway 14R veered right off runway taking out taxi marker . Aircraft continued between runways and stopped on runway 10R.

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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