# Incident 20231207022089I: Cessna 210A, Santa Rosa, CA, December 7, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2023, 17:58 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Charles M Schulz - Sonoma Coun
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5097° N, 122.8129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLES M SCHULZ/SONOMA COUNTY (STS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5097&lon=-122.8129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9495X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9495X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231207022089I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS IN TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RWY32 AND REPORTED AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. TOWER CONFIRMED THAT TWO MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE DOWN AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL RETRACTED WHEN THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PUT IN THE DOWN POSITION. AIRCRAFT ORBITTED THE AIRPORT FOR APROXIMATELY 40 MINS WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING. AT 0158Z THE PILOT COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL

NOSE LANDING GEAR UP LANDING ON RWYO2. PILOT CONFIRMED THAT HE RAN HIS EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR BUT WAS UNABLE TO. I PERSON ON BOARD AND 4 HOURS OF FUEL REMAINING.

IN MY OPINION, THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE RECEIVED, THE MAIN CAUSE MAY HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO A COTTER PIN MISSING/FALLING OUT. CAUSING THE OPERATION OF THE NLG NOT EXTENDING. EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY TECHNICIANS VIA PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWS THE NLG ACTUATING SYSTEM ROD END DSICONNECTED FROM A LINKAGE POTENTIALLY DUE TO A MISSING SAFETY PIN. THE EXPLANATION PROVIDED FROM THE PILOT WHO WAS THE PIC WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURED WAS THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD EXTEND IN EITHER NORMAL OR EMERGENCY.

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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