- Date
- April 26, 1985, 19:45 local (Apr 27, 1985, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N29134Cessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850426019399A
- Case key
- 13050
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After lowering the landing gear, the pilot heard a loud 'thump'. A gear down & locked indication was not obtained, however, the main gear appeared to be down to the pilot. Upon landing the acft swerved off the side of the runway. Only the right main gear was down & locked. The right main gear retract actuator was found split open.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29134
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059813
- Airframe hours
- 3,589
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Associated Flite, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1984 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- Aberdeen, SD
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud, runway 36, 2,691 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,700 total · 4,700 in this make and model · 4,650 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N29134 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.