# NTSB FTW82DA292: Cessna 210K, N8218M, Austin, TX, July 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1982, 08:35 local (13:35 UTC)
- Place: Austin, TX
- Coordinates: 30.280063, -97.730697 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2801&lon=-97.7307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69854
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA292
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69854/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA292

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - movement restricted (cause)
  - maintenance - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8218M-2009-10-29), registration cancelled 2009-10-29, S/N 21059218, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- Registry model: [Cessna 210K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (registry code 2073446) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059218
- Airframe hours: 1285
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820722032029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820722032029A), Jul 22, 1982: Cessna 210K, Austin, TX, Substantial damage. Nose gear collapsed during landing roll.

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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