- Date
- October 19, 1995, 17:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36264Cessna 210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19951019047679A
- Case key
- 39115
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Probable cause
a fractured hydraulic line and loss of hydraulic fluid, which resulted in an inoperative landing gear extension system for both normal and emergency operation of the gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the approach, the pilot was unable to extend the main gear despite using emergency procedures, so he made a gearup landing. An examination revealed a leak and a fractured hydraulic line near the left rudder pedal.
Factual narrative
On October 19, 1995, at 1705 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 210C, N36264, was substantially damaged during a landing, at the Burlington International Airport, Burlington, Vermont. The private pilot and one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight that departed from Burlington about 1600. There was no flight plan for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot reported that he planned to conduct landings at the Clinton County Airport, Plattsburgh, New York. During the approach at Plattsburgh, the pilot was unable to extend the landing gear. He tried the normal and emergency procedures; however, the main gear would not extend. The nose gear was extended, and the main gear remained retracted. The pilot decided to return to Burlington for an emergency landing. The pilot performed a landing on runway 33, a 7807 foot long and 150 foot wide runway. During the landing, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway.
Post accident examination by the Federal Aviation Administration Inspector revealed hydraulic fluid leaking in the vicinity of the forward cabin left side floor, and that a hydraulic line had fractured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36264
- Reported as
- Cessna 210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21048126
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael Chickanosky
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Desmarais
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1994 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- BTV
- Airport
- BTV · Burlington International, runway 33, 7,807 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 80 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTV
FAA reports on this event · 1
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