# Incident 20201210019979I: Cessna P210N, Helena, MT, December 10, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2020, 13:00 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Helena Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6067° N, 111.9833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HELENA RGNL (HLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6067&lon=-111.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2RX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2RX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201210019979I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED ?AFTER DOING A COMPLETE CHECKLIST FOR TAKEOFF PROCEDURE HE TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 27 TO THE WEST. HE HAD ONE HAND ON YOKE AND 1 HAND ON THROTTLE TO MAINTAIN 29" ON MANIFOLD PRESSURE @ 2600 RPM?S. AT ABOUT 55 KTS IAS THE FRONT GEAR COLLAPSED.?

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD STOPPED ?HE CHECKED THE GEAR UP OR DOWN POSITION SELECTOR AND IT WAS IN THE GEAR DOWN CONFIGURATION?.

## Other reports on N2RX (1)

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

- [Incident 19861001050269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861001050269I), Oct 1, 1986: Cessna P210N (N2RX), Grand Junction, CO, Minor damage. Unable to extend gear. Gear collapsed on landing. Found ruptured gear door hydraulic line.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.