- Date
- June 14, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- La Porte, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N761QCessna 210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870614025299A
- Case key
- 13778
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,main gear - failure,partialCause
Gear down and locked - not possible
Main gear collapsed
Analysis
The acft was damaged when the left main gear collapsed drg a landing. An investigation revealed that a swaged fitting at the end of a hydraulic line in the gear sys had failed. The plt rprtd that with this failure, the left main gear only partially extended.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210622434
- Airframe hours
- 930
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ron Drake
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 12, 1987 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- Walkerton, IN
- Destination
- 3LP
- Airport
- 3LP · La Porte Muni, runway 31, 2,700 × 140 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 510 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.