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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210K · Montgomery, AL · March 7, 2024

Date
March 7, 2024 · 15:00 local
Place
Montgomery, AL
Airport
Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Fiel
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N777WL
Reported as
Cessna 210K
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,379 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On take off during the landing gear retraction, the aircraft experienced a loss of landing gear hydraulic pressure and fluid. Substantial leaking occurred within the cabin. The landing gear failed to extend in any method, as per pilots operating handbook. The aircraft made a controlled, gear up landing in the grassy area adjacent to runway. The aircraft experienced a prop strike but had relatively little damage to the airframe. Subsequent inspection revealed a nose landing gear door, hydraulic pressure line broke from it's fitting in the hydraulic power pack. This resulted in an immediate loss of pressure.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKE OFF DURING THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND FLUID. SUBSTANTIAL LEAKING OCCURRED WITHIN THE CABIN. THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND IN ANY METHOD, AS PER PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A CONTROLLED, GEAR UP LANDING IN THE GRASSY AREA ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PROP STRIKE BUT HAD RELATIVELY LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED A NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR, HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE BROKE FROM IT'S FITTING IN THE HYDRAULIC POWER PACK. THIS RESULTED IN AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF PRESSURE.