- Date
- October 5, 1991, 17:15 local (Oct 6, 1991, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Riverside, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9517TCessna 210
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911005045189A
- Case key
- 27472
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Probable cause
The failure of a hydraulic gear return line, which caused the aircraft's main landing gear to collapse during landing touchdown.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after takeoff after attempting to retract the landing gear, the pilot noted an unsafe gear indication. The pilot established communications with control tower personnel at a larger, nearby airport. He reported the problem to tower personnel and requested landing instructions. The pilot was cleared to land. Upon touchdown, the main landing gear collapsed causing the aircraft to collide with the runway. Post-accident examination revealed that a hydraulic gear return line, Cessna aircraft part number 1280106-5, had ruptured. The line was noted as being 'brittle.' Log book entries indicate the line was installed on the aircraft on July 19, 1991.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9517T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57317
- Airframe hours
- 2,594
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clark C. Baxter
- Registered owner
- Clark C. Baxter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1990 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- RIR · Riverside, CA
- Airport
- RAL · Riverside, runway 27, 5,400 × 100 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 12 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAL, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9517T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.