# Incident 20231020017279I: Cessna P210N, Stuart, FL, October 20, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2023, 11:36 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITHAM FLD (SUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210FM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210FM) (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
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,997 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231020017279I

## Narrative

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

PART 91, 1979 CESSNA P210N AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SERIAL NUMBER P21000259, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING AT WHITHAM FIELD STUART (KSUA) RUNWAY 30.  AT TOUCHDOWN, THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY AND HELD STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY. PER PILOT STATEMENT, THE NOSE WHEEL UNEXPECTEDLY BEGAN SHIMMING AND PULLING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT AND THE NOSE WHEEL SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE ENGINE, PROPELLER, AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT BELLY PANELS. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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