Cessna 210L N1773X

Summary

On 4 December 1999 at about 19:07 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N1773X, operated by National Flyers Association, was involved in an accident near Columbus, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 December 1999 at 19:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Ohio State University (OSU)

Coordinates

40.1203, -83.0300

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

N1773X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

National Flyers Association

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC00LA046

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to verify landing gear extension. Factors were the unreliable retraction/extension assembly, and the flying club's continued operation of the airplane with known deficiencies in the equipment.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot positioned the landing gear selector to the 'DOWN' position, saw the nose gear extended in a mirror, and landed on the runway. During the landing, the main landing gear collapsed, the airplane skidded, and came to rest on the runway. Before the landing, the pilot did not confirm the green landing gear light was illuminated. He heard a horn before landing, but thought it was a stall warning horn. Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector revealed that the landing gear motor circuit breaker was in the tripped position. According to the pilot, the motor would occasionally overheat. The president of the flying club would ask pilots to keep landing gear cycles to a minimum. Because of the past problems with the motor, the landing gear was kept primarily in the extended position during the pilot's two instructional flights prior to the accident flight. The pilot had never heard the landing gear warning horn prior to the accident flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.