- Date
- July 5, 2006, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Novato, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12PFCessna 210K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20060705029939A
- Case key
- 64063
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Probable cause
The failure of the left main landing gear to extend for undetermined reasons.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that while on the downwind to land on runway 13 she and her passenger remembered hearing the gear extending, and she confirmed the landing gear down and locked indicator light was illuminated. After touchdown the airplane veered to the left off the runway and came to rest in a ditch. A witness to the accident said that he saw the airplane on final approach and the left landing gear was not in the locked position and was trailing below the airplane. During the recovery process it was noted that both the nose gear and the right main gear were in the extended and locked position. The left main gear was in the wheel well and was manually pulled out of the wheel well and locked into the down position.
Factual narrative
On July 5, 2006, about 1100 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 210K, N12PF, veered off the runway and impacted a ditch during landing at Gnoss Field Airport, Novato, California. The owner/pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The commercial pilot and one passenger were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The cross-country personal flight departed San Carlos, California, about 1020. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge interviewed the pilot on the telephone. The pilot reported that while on the downwind to land on runway 13 she and her passenger remembered hearing the gear extending, and she confirmed the landing gear indicator light was illuminated. After touchdown the airplane veered to the left, departed the runway, and came to rest in a ditch.
A witness to the accident said that he saw the airplane on final approach and the left landing gear was not in the locked position and was trailing below the airplane.
During recovery process it was noted that both the nose gear and the right main gear were in the extended and locked position. The left main gear was in the wheel well and was manually pulled out of the wheel well and locked into the down position. The airport personnel reported that the tire marks on the runway indicated that the left main gear had not supported any substantial weight of the airplane during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12PF
- Reported as
- Cessna 210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-59940
- Airframe hours
- 4,183
- Engine
- Continental IO-520L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2005 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- O56 · Novato, CA
- Airport
- O56 · Gnoss Field, runway 13, 3,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,942 total · 2,333 in this make and model · 4,718 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- DVO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.