# NTSB ATL83LA159: Cessna 210F, N210AE, Brunswick, GA, April 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Brunswick, GA
- Coordinates: 31.209312, -81.370597 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2093&lon=-81.3706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6049
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6049/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA159

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise - normal
  - hydraulic system,line - chafed (cause)
  - gear extension - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,hydraulic - leak (cause)
  - landing gear,emergency extension assembly - inoperative (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - intentional, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS INTENTIONALLY LANDED WHEELS UP AFTER THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEMS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE RT AILERON CONTROL CABLE HAD CHAFFED A HOLE IN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC LINE CAUSING A HYDRAULIC LEAK THAT DEPLETED THE GEAREXTENSION SYSTEM OF FLUID. WITHOUT THIS FLUID THE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED. EXAMINATION REVEALED THE LINE HAD BEEN INSTALLED SLIGHTLY OUT OF POSITION. THE LOCATION OF THE CHAFE POINT WAS SUCH THAT VISUAL DETECTION WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N210AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 58737
- Airframe hours: 1590
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bill Walker Associates
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 2, 1983, 2 hours before
- Departed: 65J, WRENS, GA
- Airport: SSI, Mckinnon, runway 33, 3,313 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,774 total, 75 in this make and model, 1,724 as pilot in command, 52 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830411015359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830411015359A), Apr 11, 1983: Cessna 210F, Brunswick, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot made gear up landing due to hydraulic line leak caused by aileron cable chafing line.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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