- Date
- April 12, 2024, 11:08 local (15:08 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N777NTCessna 210
- Defining event
- Approach: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20240412003959A
- Case key
- 194120
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of a landing gear extension system hydraulic hose, which resulted in a landing with the landing gear retracted.
Findings · 1
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
During approach, the pilot attempted to extend the landing gear, but it remained retracted. The pilot was unable to extend the landing gear via normal or emergency procedures, and subsequently observed that all the hydraulic fluid had leaked out of the reservoir. The pilot diverted to a larger airport and performed a gear-up landing. During the landing, the airplane skidded right, and came to rest upright partially off the right side of the runway. Examination of the wreckage revealed substantial damage to the right horizontal stabilizer and right elevator. The examination also revealed that a hydraulic hose (possibly the original hose) had deteriorated and separated from its fitting, allowing all the hydraulic fluid to leak out of the system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777NT
- Reported as
- Cessna 210 (L)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060972
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 6,333
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 2023 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- DCM · Chester, SC
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- JQF · Concord Regional Airport, runway 20, 7,402 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot
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
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 25, 2023
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,008 total · 197 in this make and model · 789 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Observed at
- JQF
- METAR
- KJQF 121450Z 27012G27KT 10SM CLR 18/04 A2982
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 21, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.