# Incident 20210705017729I: Cessna 210D, Silver City, NM, July 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2021, 12:00 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7786° N, 108.2694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver City, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7786&lon=-108.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210705017729I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 7, 2021, AT 1200 MDT, N210E, A CESSNA 210D CENTURION, SINGLE ENGINE RECIPROCATING AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT AT SILVER CITY, GRANT COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (SVC) WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  N210E HAD JUST COMPLETED AN UNEVENTFUL 3 HOUR FLIGHT FROM MOAB, UT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT SVC.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  N210E SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

THE GEAR COLLAPSE OCCURRED AS N210E WAS DECELERATING (PILOT ESTIMATED LESS THAN 20 KNOTS).  IT CAME TO A STOP ON THE CENTERLINE; NO EVIDENT PULLING LEFT OR RIGHT.  N210E HAS A HISTORY OF MECHANICAL GEAR FAILURE, THE PREVIOUS OCCURRED WITH A DIFFERENT PILOT/OWNER ON NOVEMBER 1, 2015, AT DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT (AEG).  THE INVESTIGATION OF THAT INCIDENT (ASW0120160004/SW01201600811) DETERMINED THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO FAULTY LANDING GEAR MICRO SWITCHES WHICH INDICATED THE GEAR AS DOWN AND LOCKED BEFORE THAT CONDITION EXISTED.  THE PILOT WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE HE FAILED TO VISUALLY CONFIRM THAT THE GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED.

THE CAUSE OF THE 2021 INCIDENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED AS THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE WAS BROKEN.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED, NO INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR FUNCTIONALITY OCCURRED.  THE OWNER DECIDED TO SELL THE AIRPLANE FOR SALVAGE AND DISASSEMBLY OF MANY PARTS HAS TAKEN PLACE.

THE PILOT WAS COUNSELLED CONCERNING LIABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROPER AIRCRAFT SALVAGE AND CERTIFICATE SURRENDER.

## Other reports on N210E (1)

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

- [Incident 20151101018299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151101018299I), Nov 1, 2015: Cessna 210D (N210E), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On November 1, 2015, at 1225 MST, a Cessna 210D, N210E, registered to prusso ryan aviation LLC, experienced a left main landing gear collapse on landing at…

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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