# Incident 20230424005469I: Cessna T210L, Mount Sterling, KY, April 24, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2023, 15:05 local time
- Place: Mount Sterling, KY
- Airport: Mount Sterling/Montgomery Coun
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0581° N, 83.9796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT STERLING/MONTGOMERY COUNTY (IOB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0581&lon=-83.9796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2092S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2092S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,285 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230424005469I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT: ON APRIL 24, 2023, AT 10:30AM EASTERN DEPARTED IOB ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO HEF. WHEN ON FINAL AT HEF, THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN. THE MAIN GEAR CAME DOWN NORMALLY, BUT THE PILOT COULD SEE IN THE MIRROR THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT COMING OUT OF THE WHEEL WELL. THE HYDRAULIC PUMP CONTINUED TO RUN UNTIL IT TRIPPED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. PILOT REQUESTED A LOW APPROACH WITH TOWER TO VERIFY IF THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL IN THE UP POSITION. TOWER ADVISED NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY CHECK LIST PROCEDURES. AFTER EXHAUSTING ALL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES INCLUDING MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES, THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO IOB TO BURN OFF EXCESS FUEL IN CASE OF A FIRE.

UPON ARRIVING AT IOB, THE PILOT REVIEWED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURES. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND AGAIN TRIED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURES WITH MAIN GEAR EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR, AND ONCE THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE RUNWAY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE PILOT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY WITH A DOLLY. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY MECHANICS AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, FORWARD NOSE GEAR DOORS AND LEFT COWLING SKIN PANEL.

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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