# Incident 20250204002259I: Cessna T210L, Lake City, FL, February 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2025, 16:20 local time
- Place: Lake City, FL
- Airport: Lake City Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1821° N, 82.5769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE CITY GATEWAY (LCQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1821&lon=-82.5769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59258, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59258) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250204002259I

## Narrative

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

DURING A VFR FLIGHT FROM LAKE CITY GATEWAY AIRPORT (LCQ) TO VALDOSTA REGIONAL AIRPORT (VLD), THE SINGLE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR ON FINAL APPROACH TO VLD. THE LANDING GEAR TRANSITION LIGHT INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) WAS VISIBLE FROM THE COCKPIT, AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO VISUALLY CONFIRM THE MLG AS DOWN AND LOCKED. HOWEVER, THE PILOT COULD NOT SEE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) TO VERIFY IF IT WAS IN A SAFE CONDITION. THE PILOT EXTENDED AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE MULTIPLE TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE NLG AND EXTINGUISH THE LANDING GEAR TRANSITION LIGHT.    WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO CONFIRM THE NLG AS DOWN AND LOCKED, THE PILOT DECIDED RETURN TO LCQ FOR A GEAR UP LANDING. THE PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AT EITHER LCQ OR VLD BUT DID NOTIFY THE LCQ TOWER THAT HE WOULD ATTEMPT A GEAR UP LANDING. A GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE ON THE GRASS MEDIAN BETWEEN RUNWAY 10/28 AND TAXIWAY ALPHA WAS SUCCESSFUL.

POST INCIDENT INSPECTION BY THE PILOT AND A&P MECHANIC REVEALED THAT THE NLG DOOR FAILED TO OPEN DUE TO THE TIGHT TOLERANCE BETWEEN AFT EDGE OF LEFT DOOR AND THE EDGE OF THE ENGINE COWLING. THE PILOT STATED THAT CYCLING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE MULTIPLE TIMES CAUSED THE LEFT NLG DOOR LINKAGE TO FAIL INFLIGHT DURING ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE NLG DOORS.

UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE TOLERANCE BETWEEN AFT EDGE OF LEFT DOOR AND THE EDGE OF THE ENGINE COWLING WAS TO TIGHT. NO DOCUMENTED MAINTENANCE IN THAT AREA WAS IDENTIFIED.

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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