- Date
- June 27, 1996, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Bernardino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4844KCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960627015559A
- Case key
- 29496
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Probable cause
failure of the landing gear to go and/or remain in a down-and-locked condition for undetermined reason(s).
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
The pilot said he put the landing gear down before entering the traffic pattern. He proceeded downwind and went through a prelanding checklist. He said the main gear was seen to be down, and the green gear down light had illuminated. He proceeded from base to final and to touchdown. The pilot reported that as the airplane touched down, the main gear partially collapsed, and the gear warning horn sounded. The airplane slid to the right, dragging the right wing tip and the right elevator tip. Afterwards, the landing gear system was functionally tested on the ground and in the air numerous times. No repairs or adjustments were required to the landing gear extension system.
Factual narrative
On June 27, 1996, about 1600 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna P210N, N4844K, was substantially damaged after a landing gear collapsed while landing at the San Bernardino International Airport, San Bernardino, California. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated at Upland, California, on the day of the accident at 1530 hours.
The pilot reported that prior to landing he went through the prelanding checklist. He stated that the main gear was observed to be down and the green gear down light was on. The pilot stated that as he touched down the main gear collapsed and the gear warning horn sounded. The nose gear did not collapse.
Afterwards, the landing gear system was functionally tested on the ground and in the air numerous times. There were no repairs or adjustments required.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4844K
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000344
- Airframe hours
- 3,977
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Francis Eugene Ferguson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1996 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- CCB · Upland, CA
- Destination
- SBD · CA
- Airport
- SBD · San Bernardino Int'L, runway 24, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,475 total · 2,700 in this make and model · 3,475 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.