- Date
- September 7, 2008, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pagosa Springs, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6515XCessna 210
- Defining event
- Approach: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20080907846319A
- Case key
- 68910
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Probable cause
The failure of the landing gear to extend for undetermined reasons.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
Prior to landing, the pilot attempted to lower the landing gear with the gear switch in the cockpit. The "gear would not extend down with [the] switch, therefore, I used the hand pump and it extended down 25 percent were it stopped." The pilot contacted a mechanic via cell phone and the mechanic advised him the problem could not be fixed while flying. The pilot landed the airplane with the landing gear partially retracted. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane and landing gear system. No anomalies were noted with the landing gear system. The reason for the occurrence was not determined.
Factual narrative
On September 7, 2008, at 1245 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 210 single-engine airplane, N6515X, sustained substantial damage when the main landing gear collapsed during the landing roll at the Stevens Field Airport (PSO), Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The private pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight departed Santa Rosa, New Mexico, at 0950, and was destined for PSO. According to the pilot, he attempted to lower the landing gear prior to landing with the gear switch in the cockpit. The "gear would not extend down with [the] switch, therefore, I used the hand pump and it extended down 25 percent were it stopped." The pilot contacted a mechanic via cell phone and the mechanic advised him the problem could not be fixed while flying. The pilot landed the airplane with the landing gear partially retracted. During the landing, the main landing gear collapsed and the airplane exited the right side of the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator were bent. On October 1, 2008, a Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane and landing gear system. No anomalies were noted with the landing gear system. The reason for the occurrence was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6515X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57151
- Airframe hours
- 2,200.8
- Engine
- Continental, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steven M Dauenhauer
- Registered owner
- Steven M Dauenhauer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 2008
- Departed
- Q58 · Santa Rosa, NM
- Destination
- PSO · Pagosa Springs, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PSO · Stevens Field Airport, runway 19, 8,100 × 100 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
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 31, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 192 in this make and model · 222 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.