What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On Saturday, July 16, 2021, at approximately 1515 (CDT) N174R, a Cessna P210N serial number P210000095 departed from mustang beach airport (kras) port aransas Texas. The aircraft was operating on a 14 CFR part 91 flight on an IFR flight plan. At 6,000 feet, the pilot declared an emergency with houston ARTCC (zhu) and was given directions to (krfg) Rooke Field Airport Refugio, Texas. The aircraft landed runway 32R and exited the runway approximately midfield. The aircraft flipped coming to a stop inverted. No injuries to the pilot, minor injuries to the passenger, aircraft destroyed.
Pilot statement verbatim:
I was the pilot of N174R. We departed runway 12 at port aransas (kras) at approximatly 1515 on July 16, 2021. The wind was around 10 knots from the southeast and there was no turbulance. After takeoff, I contacted corpus christie approach for my IFR clearance to addison. I received the clearance and headed to worry intersection. At around 2000 feet. My wife and I both noticed a smell in the cabin; it didn?t seem like an engine fire, more like a chemical smell. As we climbed out smoke began entering the cockpit from the counsole. As I did not know the source of the smoke, I declared an emegency and asked corpus christie for directions to the nearest airport. The controller advised me to go to krfg, refurio, which was around 7 miles away. I put the location in the GPS and headed to the airport. As I reached 5 miles, I lowered the gear. The gear did not extend. I then concluded that the smell and the smoke was from the gear motor burning out. We then proceeded to use the manual pump to extend the gear. After many pumps, the main gear appeared normal, but I did not get a green light signaling complete locking of all three landing gears. I concluded that the nose gear was not fully extended as I did not get confimation from the light. I extended two notches of flaps as normal procedure. I landed on the asphalt runway 14 in the center of the runway. I kept the nose gear up as long as possible to keep the weight off the nose wheel. When the plane quit flying and the nose began to settle, the plane immediately veered to the right of the runway and went off in to the side. The plane rolled and skidded several hundred feet. The nose eventually hit the ground, causng the plane to invert. There was no smoke and fire.
FAA iic note: pilots futher statement not relavant and contained injury descriptions. FAA iic did not include.
As the FAA filed it
ON SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1515 (CDT) N174R, A CESSNA P210N SERIAL NUMBER P210000095 DEPARTED FROM MUSTANG BEACH AIRPORT (KRAS) PORT ARANSAS TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. AT 6,000 FEET, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH HOUSTON ARTCC (ZHU) AND WAS GIVEN DIRECTIONS TO (KRFG) ROOKE FIELD AIRPORT REFUGIO, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 32R AND EXITED THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY MIDFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED COMING TO A STOP INVERTED. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, MINOR INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER, AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.
PILOT STATEMENT VERBATIM:
I WAS THE PILOT OF N174R. WE DEPARTED RUNWAY 12 AT PORT ARANSAS (KRAS) AT APPROXIMATLY 1515 ON JULY 16, 2021. THE WIND WAS AROUND 10 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND THERE WAS NO TURBULANCE. AFTER TAKEOFF, I CONTACTED CORPUS CHRISTIE APPROACH FOR MY IFR CLEARANCE TO ADDISON. I RECEIVED THE CLEARANCE AND HEADED TO WORRY INTERSECTION. AT AROUND 2000 FEET. MY WIFE AND I BOTH NOTICED A SMELL IN THE CABIN; IT DIDN?T SEEM LIKE AN ENGINE FIRE, MORE LIKE A CHEMICAL SMELL. AS WE CLIMBED OUT SMOKE BEGAN ENTERING THE COCKPIT FROM THE COUNSOLE. AS I DID NOT KNOW THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE, I DECLARED AN EMEGENCY AND ASKED CORPUS CHRISTIE FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE CONTROLLER ADVISED ME TO GO TO KRFG, REFURIO, WHICH WAS AROUND 7 MILES AWAY. I PUT THE LOCATION IN THE GPS AND HEADED TO THE AIRPORT. AS I REACHED 5 MILES, I LOWERED THE GEAR. THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. I THEN CONCLUDED THAT THE SMELL AND THE SMOKE WAS FROM THE GEAR MOTOR BURNING OUT. WE THEN PROCEEDED TO USE THE MANUAL PUMP TO EXTEND THE GEAR. AFTER MANY PUMPS, THE MAIN GEAR APPEARED NORMAL, BUT I DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT SIGNALING COMPLETE LOCKING OF ALL THREE LANDING GEARS. I CONCLUDED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED AS I DID NOT GET CONFIMATION FROM THE LIGHT. I EXTENDED TWO NOTCHES OF FLAPS AS NORMAL PROCEDURE. I LANDED ON THE ASPHALT RUNWAY 14 IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. I KEPT THE NOSE GEAR UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE WEIGHT OFF THE NOSE WHEEL. WHEN THE PLANE QUIT FLYING AND THE NOSE BEGAN TO SETTLE, THE PLANE IMMEDIATELY VEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT OFF IN TO THE SIDE. THE PLANE ROLLED AND SKIDDED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THE NOSE EVENTUALLY HIT THE GROUND, CAUSNG THE PLANE TO INVERT. THERE WAS NO SMOKE AND FIRE.
FAA IIC NOTE: PILOTS FUTHER STATEMENT NOT RELAVANT AND CONTAINED INJURY DESCRIPTIONS. FAA IIC DID NOT INCLUDE.
NTSB investigation
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