# Incident 20241223021769I: Cessna P210N, Telluride, CO, December 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2024, 06:58 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Airport: Telluride Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9538° N, 107.9087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TELLURIDE RGNL (TEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9538&lon=-107.9087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6320P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6320P) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 412 total, 248 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241223021769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UPON TOUCHDOWN AFTER A NORMAL APPROACH WITH GEAR EXTENDED (HANDLE DOWN) AND VERIFIED VISUALLY DOWN AND LOCKED, PILOT FELT WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS MUSHY RESPONSE FROM GEAR- FIRST THE LEFT MAIN AS IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THEN THE RIGHT MAIN AS THAT SIDE MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, UPON TOUCHDOWN. PILOT EXPLAINED HE WAS LANDING IN A SLIGHT CROSSWIND WHICH WAS WHY HE TOUCHED DOWN FIRST ON THE LEFT THEN THE RIGHT. HE SAID AS HE FELT THE MUSHY SENSATION AND ASSUMED GEAR WAS NOT FULLY SUPPORTING THE AIRCRAFT, HE LEVELED THE WINGS AND TRIED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE HOLDING OFF THE AIRCRAFT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. HE FELT THE TAIL MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND A SLIGHT SKIDDING OF THE AIRCRAFT, AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER BUT STILL ON THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR STAYED DOWN AND LOCKED DURING THE LANDING AND ROLL OUT BUT THE MAINS HAD COLLAPSED IN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SKIN DAMAGE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TAIL AND ON THE LEFT ELEVATOR COUNTERWEIGHT AREA. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. AIRPORT CREW HELPED LIFT THE PLANE AND THE GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED DOWN. FROM THERE IT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP. FOLLOWING INCIDENT PLANE WAS INSPECTED AND MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED WITH NO ISSUES. PILOT STATED THAT GEAR WAS EXTENDED ON MIDFIELD DOWNWIND AND THAT HE VERIFIED GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED BOTH IN THE MIRROR VISUALLY AND VIA THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT WHICH HE SAID WAS ILLUMINATED SHOWING IT WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. HE STATED THAT HE VERIFIED GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED BOTH ON THE MIDFEILD AND SHORT AND FINAL PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PLANE WAS INSPECTED FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT AND THE LANDING GEAR PUMP WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN INTERNAL LEAK.

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS: MECHANICAL- GEAR COLLAPSE DUE TO COMPONENT FAILURE

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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