# Incident 20230424004079I: Cessna 210, Bamberg, SC, April 24, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2023, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bamberg, SC
- Airport: Bamberg County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3045° N, 81.1084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAMBERG COUNTY (99N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3045&lon=-81.1084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9518T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9518T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230424004079I

## Narrative

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

WHILE APPROACHING THE AIRPORT FOR A FUEL STOP THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE A 'DOWN AND LOCKED' INDICATION FOR THE LANDING GEAR. A WING MOUNTED GEAR MIRROR CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF NORMAL DEPLOYMENT AND EMERGENCY HAND PUMP DEPLOYMENT, AFTER ALL TROUBLESHOOTING WAS EXHAUSTED BY THE PILOT, THE NOSE GEAR STILL WOULD NOT COME DOWN.

THE PILOT PERFORMED A LANDING WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER JACKING THE AIRCRAFT AND MANUALLY LOWERING THE NOSE GEAR, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED INTO A HANGER.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA WAS PERFORMED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COTTER PIN AND CLEVIS PIN THAT SECURED THE NOSE GEAR LOCK DOOR ACTUATOR TO ITS LINKAGE WAS NO LONGER INSTALLED AND PREVENTED THE NOSE GEAR FROM EXTENDING. IF ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMES FORWARD FROM THE NTSB THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED.

## Other reports on N9518T (1)

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

- [Incident 20020426009429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020426009429I), Apr 26, 2002: Cessna 210 (N9518T), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On April 26, 2002, N9518T, CE-210 landed with the nose gear in the up and down locked position. The pilot had tried numerous times to get the gear down…

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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