- Date
- February 9, 2008, 18:45 local (Feb 10, 2008, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Carefree, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4796KCessna P210N
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Adminsitration (FSDO)
- FAA report
- 20080209010399A
- Case key
- 67540
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Probable cause
The collapse of the landing gear during landing rollout for undetermined reasons.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing roll, he thought he "had blown the left tire" followed by the airplane settling onto its left side a second or two later. The airplane veered to the left and exited the runway, subsequently coming to rest upright adjacent to the runway. Post accident examination of the landing gear revealed that the gear warning horn was inoperative due to a disconnected cable between the throttle switch and the warning horn. Further examination, to include functionality testing of the landing gear, revealed no additional anomalies that would have prevented the gear from extending to the down and locked position.
Factual narrative
On February 9, 2008, about 1845 mountain standard time, a Cessna P210N, N4796K, was substantially damaged when the left main landing gear collapsed during landing roll on runway 24 at the Sky Ranch Airport at Carefree (18AZ), Carefree, Arizona. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. The airplane was registered to 96K LLC of Scottsdale, Arizona, and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the cross-country flight that departed from the Telluride Regional Airport, Telluride, Colorado, at 1700.
In a written statement, the pilot reported that after an uneventful flight, he entered the traffic pattern for runway 24 and proceeded to make a "normal left pattern approach." Shortly after landing, during the landing roll, the pilot stated he thought he "had blown the left tire" followed by the airplane settling onto its left side a second or two later. The airplane veered to the left and exited the runway, subsequently coming to rest upright adjacent to the runway.
A Federal Aviation Administration inspector conducted a post accident inspection and reported that the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator sustained substantial damage during the accident sequence. Further examination revealed the landing gear warning horn was found inoperative due to a disconnected cable between the throttle switch and the warning horn. The inspector reported that during the landing gear examination the gear was cycled (with the airplane elevated on jack stands) to the down and locked position and no anomalies were noted.
The reason for the gear collapse is undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4796K
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000323
- Airframe hours
- 2,772
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-15B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glen Doyon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 2007 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- KTEX · Telluride, CO
- Destination
- 18AZ · Carefree, AL
- Airport
- 18AZ · Sky Ranch Airport at Carefree, runway 24, 4,037 × 50 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
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,012 total · 450 in this make and model · 1,890 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- DVT, 12 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.