# NTSB LAX85LA167: Cessna T210N, N6220C, Santa Barbara, CA, March 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 4, 1985, 16:38 local (Mar 5, 1985, 00:38 UTC)
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Location: 34.4036° N, 119.7137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Barbara, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4036&lon=-119.7137&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24671
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24671/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA167

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - electrical system - failure,partial (cause)
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - inoperative (cause)
  - landing gear,emergency extension assembly - other
  - emergency procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL AT SANTA BARBARA, THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LDG GEAR. EFFORTS AT GEAR EXTENSION USING THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP FAILED & THE PLT LANDED WITH THE ACFT'S GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN IN THE GEAR CIRCUIT. WHEN THE HAND PUMP WAS USED TO LOWER THE GEAR, THIS EMERGENCY SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6220C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6220C-1990-01-24), registration cancelled 1990-01-24, S/N 21063833 (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: 21063833
- Airframe hours: 705
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Follett Flight Center
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 11, 1984, 10 hours before
- Departed: BFL, BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Airport: SEA, Santa Barbara, runway 25, 6,049 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,600 total, 120 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SBA

## 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 19850304010909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850304010909A), Mar 4, 1985: Cessna T210N, Santa Barbara, CA, Substantial damage. Landed with gear partially extended. Short in circuit to power pack. Hand pump worked if properly used.

## Other investigations on N6220C (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW82DA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA104), Mar 27, 1982: Cessna T210N (N6220C), Pampa, TX, substantial damage

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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