# Incident 20200411013269I: Cessna T210N, Oakland, CA, April 11, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2020, 16:18 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Oakland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210VV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210VV) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,045 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200411013269I

## Narrative

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

AN INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION DESIGNATED AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC PERFORMED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ON THE AIRCRAFT, A TOP OVERHAUL AND EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACEMENT WAS PERFORMED ON THE ENGINE  AS WELL. UPON COMPLETION OF MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION, THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN ENGINE BREAK-IN FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM SAN CARLOS AIRPORT (SQL) FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS. UPON COMPLETION OF FLIGHT ON APPROACH TO SQL THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED MULTIPLE TIMES BOTH NORMALLY AND THROUGH EMERGENCY EXTENSION BOTH FAILED TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT DECLARED AN INFLIGHT EMERGENCY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED TO OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (OAK) DUE TO THEIR INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE TO HANDLE THE INFLIGHT EMERGENCY. UPON REACHING OAKLAND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 28L AT APPROXIMATELY 1618 LOCAL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

UPON INSPECTION MULTIPLE FASTENERS WERE DISCOVERED TO BE MISSING FROM AN ACCESS PANEL NEXT TO THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR. THIS ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR DOOR TO BECOME LODGED UNDER THE ACCESS PANEL. THE NOSE GEAR WAS UNABLE TO OVERCOME THIS MECHANICAL BINDING, PREVENTING THE GEAR FROM EXTENDING.

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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