- Date
- July 22, 1982, 08:35 local (13:35 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8218MCessna 210K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820722032029A
- Case key
- 69854
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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.
Analysis
During the landing roll, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft was substantially damaged. The nose gear retraction-extension mechanism had been serviced just prior to this flight and on several other occasions for failing to properly extend or retract. After the accident, an examination revealed that the overcenter locking mechanism was dirty and gummy. This prevented hydraulic pressure from fully extending the nose gear. After a good cleaning, the nose gear operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8218M
- Reported as
- Cessna 210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059218
- Airframe hours
- 1,285
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gordon L. Paul
- Registered owner
- Gordon L. Paul
- Departed
- Houston, TX
- Destination
- Austin, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- AUS · Robert Mueller, runway 16, 5,006 × 150 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,164 total · 370 in this make and model · 1,104 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.