# NTSB CHI87LA146: Cessna 210M, N761Q, La Porte, IN, June 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: La Porte, IN
- Coordinates: 41.600223, -86.709861 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6002&lon=-86.7099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13778
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13778/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA146

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,partial (cause)
  - gear down and locked - not possible
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210622434
- Airframe hours: 930
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870614025299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870614025299A), Jun 14, 1987: Cessna 210M, La Porte, IN, Substantial damage. Experienced a left main gear collapse on landing rollout. Found broken hydraulic line leaking hydraulic fluid.

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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