- Date
- May 22, 1973
- Place
- Ekalaka, MT · EKALAKA, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6660XCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730522013119A
- Case key
- 189942
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2259 73/5/22 EKALAKA,MONT CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1200 TIME - 1915 N6660X PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 920 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EKALAKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EKALAKA,MONT MILES CITY,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- INTERNAL FLUID LEAKAGE IN GR ACTUATING BODY CYL. GR WARNING HORN AND LDG GR WARNING LTS INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6660X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ekalaka
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6660X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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