# Incident 20250602006229I: Cessna T210N, Vacaville, CA, June 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2025, 17:10 local time
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Nut Tree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3782° N, 121.9612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NUT TREE (VCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3782&lon=-121.9612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,050 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250602006229I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/02/2025, AT 17:10 LOCAL TIME, AFTER A SUCCESSFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 AT THE NUT TREE AIRPORT (VCB) AND WHILE TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR.  A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS ON A FLIGHT WITH A CFI TO REINSTATE HIS BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW (BFR) CURRENCY. IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT THEY WOULD PROCEED WITH TRIPS AROUND THE PATTERN WITH EACH TRIP CULMINATING IN A FULL STOP. ON THE THIRD LANDING AS THEY WERE SLOWING DOWN TO ABOUT TAXI SPEED TO EXIT THE ACTIVE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED INTO THE WHEEL WELL CAUSING A PROP STRIKE. ON A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, HE SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N68TB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19981109040929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981109040929I), Nov 9, 1998: Cessna T210N (N68TB), Medford, OR, Minor damage. (-5)Aircraft inbound IFR from the south on ILS approach. Pilot could not get a green light on nose gear down. After several attemps to recycle gear, landed…

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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