# NTSB MKC84LA189: Cessna T210M, N761YR, Kirksville, MO, June 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1984, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Kirksville, MO
- Coordinates: 40.18964, -92.57051 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1896&lon=-92.5705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33722
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33722/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA189

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - initial climb
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - previous damage (cause)
  - maintenance - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - jammed (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command

## Analysis

AFTER TAKING OFF, THE PLT NOTED A MALFUNCTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYS. HE THEN TRIED TO LOWER THE GEAR, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. ALL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, SO THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A WHEELS-UP LANDING. AFTER THE LANDING, AN EXAM REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS COCKED & JAMMED IN THE WHEEL WELL. AN AN343H3A BOLT, P/N 1243617-1, HAD SHEARED & ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO JAM. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR BEARING HAD RECENTLY FAILED & THE ACFT HAD RUN OFF THE RWY & ONTO ROUGH TERRAIN. AFTER THE WHEEL BEARING WAS REPAIRED, THE ACFT HAD MADE 3 TAKEOFFS & 2 LANDINGS BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR JAMMED ON THIS FLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N761YR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062629
- Airframe hours: 1822
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R1B 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jack A. Auxter
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 6, 1984, 50 hours before
- Departed: 82K, CAMERON, MO
- Destination: IRK, KIRKSVILLE, MO
- Airport: IRK, Clarence Cannon, runway 36, 6,004 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,016 total, 220 in this make and model, 2,701 as pilot in command, 56 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IRK

## 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 19840629028519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840629028519A), Jun 29, 1984: Cessna T210M, Kirksville, MO, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed with gear up because nose wheel was jammed in wheel well. Bolt sheared on nose gear centering.

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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