# Incident 20260115001999I: Cessna 210, Columbia, SC, January 15, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2026, 13:23 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7412E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7412E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260115001999I

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 210 AIRCRAFT (6N 7412E ^) DEPARTED AIKEN, SC AIRPORT (KAIK) ENROUTE TO COLUMBIA, SC AIRPORT (KCAE) AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE GEAR INTO RETRACTED POSITION AFTER DEPARTING AIK. THE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE GEAR A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO USE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP TO EXTEND GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT CAE ON RUNWAY 29. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY BUT WAS NOT NEEDED. THE PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT EGRESSED WITHOUT INJURY. AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS UTILIZED A CRANE TO PICK THE AIRCRAFT UP ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT OWNER/MECHANIC WAS ON SCENE AND MANUALLY PULLED GEAR INTO THE DOWN LOCK POSITION. AIRPORT OPERATIONS SET THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN AND TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO ITS FACILITY. FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR SUBSEQUENTLY TRAVELED TO THE HANGAR TO INSPECT AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS AND OBSERVE GEAR SWING. THE INSEPCTOR FOUND NO DISCREPANCY IN LOGBOOKS. NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES THAT LED TO THE GEAR FAILING TO EXTEND WERE IMMEDIATELY KNOWN. FSDO AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR ISSUED A FERRY PERMIT TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR A MORE THOROUGH REPAIR AND INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N7412E (1)

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

- [Incident 20020407008979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020407008979I), Apr 7, 2002: Cessna 210 (N7412E), Greensboro, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft N7412E piloted by duane r. dahl departed Piedmont hawthorne aviation FBO, on April 7, 2002 around 1530. According to the pilot statement ground…

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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