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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210N · Tullahoma, TN · August 27, 2025

Date
August 27, 2025 · 13:50 local
Place
Tullahoma, TN
Airport
Tullahoma Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4939C
Reported as
Cessna 210N
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total200 in this make and model

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.

Aircraft suffered a nose gear collapse after touchdown @tha, with no injuries to pilot or passengers. Aircraft was removed from the runway and our investigation the next day found evidence that the nose gear lower trunion had broken in two places around the strut housing, allowing the gear to collapse. The Cessna maintenance manual for this aircraft lists a supplemental inspection (SID 32-20-02) that could have been accomplished to have noted the crack before this happened, but as a 14 CFR part 91 privacy data omittedoperator, it was not required to be accomplished.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER TOUCHDOWN @THA, WITH NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND OUR INVESTIGATION THE NEXT DAY FOUND EVIDENCE THAT THE NOSE GEAR LOWER TRUNION HAD BROKEN IN TWO PLACES AROUND THE STRUT HOUSING, ALLOWING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE CESSNA MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR THIS AIRCRAFT LISTS A SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION (SID 32-20-02) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO HAVE NOTED THE CRACK BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, BUT AS A 14 CFR PART 91 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR, IT WAS NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.