SEA95LA200

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 210 · Sunriver, OR · August 30, 1995

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
August 30, 1995, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
Place
Sunriver, OR
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N5349ACessna 210
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report April 18, 1996
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19950830047399A
Case key
42236

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Probable cause

The failure of the landing gear hydraulic drive motor.

Sequence of events

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Airframe/component/system failure/malfunctionApproach
Hydraulic system,motor - failureCause
Gear collapsedLanding - roll

Analysis

During the landing roll of a full-stop landing, all three of the aircraft's gear collapsed. It was later determined that the hydraulic pump drive motor had failed during the extension process. Although all three green gear-down indicator lights illuminated when the gear was extended, without the pump continuing to operate during the entire extension process, the gear did not reach the full down position, and the gear down-locks were not activated.

Factual narrative

On August 30, 1995, approximately 1600 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 210, N5349A, experienced a collapse of all three gear during the landing roll at Sunriver, Oregon. The commercial pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The personal pleasure flight, which departed the same airport earlier that evening, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed, and there was no report of an ELT activation.

According to the FAA inspector who responded to the accident, the aircraft was on the landing roll for a full-stop landing when all three gear collapsed. As the gear collapsed, the aircraft settled to the runway, and the horizontal stabilizer sustained substantial damage. When interviewed by the FAA, the pilot said that at the time of the touchdown all three gear down indication lights were green.

It was later determined that during the gear extension process, the hydraulic pump motor had failed. Without the pump continuing to work during the entire extension process, the gear is not forced into the full down position, and the down-lock pins are not activated.

Aircraft

Registration
N5349A
Reported as
Cessna 210
Category
Airplane
Serial number
21063382
Engine
Continental TSIO-520-P, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Turnidge, Donald L.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · September 27, 1994 · 74 hours before
Departed
S12 · Albany, OR
Destination
S21
Airport
S21 · Sunriver Airport, runway 36, 5,500 × 65 ft, asphalt

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Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
72
Certificate
Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
5,000 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 47 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
360° at 6 knots
Visibility
20 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
81 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.