# NTSB NYC90LA016: Cessna T210N, N244MB, Teterboro, NJ, October 21, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1989, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Location: 40.8501° N, 74.0608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TETERBORO (TEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8501&lon=-74.0608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36573
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC90LA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36573/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA016

## Probable cause

LACK OF HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing
  - fluid,hydraulic - lack of (cause)
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - not engaged

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A LOSS OF FLUID FROM THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N244MB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N244MB-1991-03-14), registration cancelled 1991-03-14, S/N 21063358 (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: 21063358
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 316 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John Crow/Rosalind Foer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ORF, NORFORK, VA
- Destination: TEB, TETERBORO, NJ
- Airport: TEB, Teterboro, runway 24, 6,015 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,750 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 3,700 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 10 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19891021042019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891021042019A), Oct 21, 1989: Cessna T210N, Teterboro, NJ, Substantial damage. Main gear collapsed landing. Skidded off runway. Loss of fluid from hydraulic system.

## Other investigations on N244MB (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 BFO87LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA017), Jan 29, 1987: Cessna T210N (N244MB), West Point, VA, 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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