# NTSB FTW82DA054: Cessna T210N, N6618N, Dryden, TX, February 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1982, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Dryden, TX
- Coordinates: 30.029767, -101.969528 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0298&lon=-101.9695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70507/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA054

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - erratic (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,gear warning system - burned (contributing factor)
  - gear down and locked - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT OBSERVED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR EXTEND BUT DID NOT CHECK THE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATOR. THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL WHILE THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED. INSPECTION REVEALED THE WARNING HORN DID NOT ACTIVATE DUE TO SOME BURNED OUT ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND THE GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN DUE TO AN INTERMITTENT SOLENOID WHICH ACTIVATES THE HYDRAULIC PUMP TO SUPPLY PRESSURE FOR GEAR OPERATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6618N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6618N-2000-08-28), registration cancelled 2000-08-28, S/N 21063122 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063122
- Airframe hours: 350
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Robert J. Kelley
- Registered owner: Robert J. Kelley
- Departed: SJT, SAN ANGELO, TX
- Destination: T17, HOUSTON, TX
- Airport: 6R6, Terrell County, runway 30, 4,525 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 17,040 total, 803 in this make and model, 17,040 as pilot in command, 260 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Temperature: 140 °F

## 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 19820202003459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820202003459A), Feb 2, 1982: Cessna T210N, Dryden, TX, Substantial damage. Main landing gear collapsed on landing roll. Intermittent hydraulic pump solenoid. Failed to check gear locked.

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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