# Accident 20240516005329A: Cessna P210N, Daggett, CA, May 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2024, 12:30 local time
- Place: Daggett, CA
- Airport: Daggett
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8542° N, 116.9418° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8542&lon=-116.9418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4769K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4769K) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240516005329A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 16, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 210 SINGLE-ENGINE PISTON-POWERED FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 26R AT DAG AIRPORT (DAG). THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PRIVATE TRIP FOR THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO HAD DEPARTED KINGMAN, ARIZONA, TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS 80 MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT AT 10,500 FEET, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURE. HE DECIDED TO DIVERT TO DAGGETT AIRPORT.

THE PILOT COMMENCED LANDING GEAR EXTENSION BEFORE LOSING COMPLETE ELECTRICAL POWER. HOWEVER, HE LOST COMPLETE ELECTRICAL POWER DURING THE GEAR EXTENSION PROCESS, RESULTING IN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED EXTEND TO COMPLETE LOCK IN POSITION. THE HYDRAULIC PUMP BECAME INOPERABLE DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS DURING THE TRANSITION. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED SEVERAL MANEUVERING TECHNIQUES TO GET THE LANDING GEAR TO THE LOCKED POSITION WITH GRAVITY ASSIST, BUT THESE ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. DESPITE KNOWING THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED, THE PILOT CONTINUED TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON PAVED RUNWAY 26. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ASYMMETRIC DRAG. IT VEERED TO THE LEFT, EXITED THE RUNWAY, AND THEN CAME TO A STOP.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES ON THE GROUND. NO AIRPORT PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM THE IMPACT ON THE LEFT HORIZONAL STABILIZER. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND REPORTED NO INJURY. THERE WAS NO POST-CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT WALKED AWAY UNASSISTED.

THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IS BENT. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY IS DAMAGED. NO OTHER EXTERNAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR24LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA157), May 16, 2024: Cessna P210 (N4769K), Daggett, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to detect the tripped alternator circuit breaker in flight, which resulted in a drained battery that prevented the landing gear from fully extending to the down-and-locked…

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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