Cessna T210M N761VZ

Summary

On 25 May 2000 at about 16:40 local time, a Cessna T210M registered N761VZ was involved in an accident near Boise, Idaho, United States. One person was 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

25 May 2000 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Boise, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Boise Air Terminal (BOI)

Coordinates

43.5599, -116.2101

Aircraft

Cessna T210M

Registration

N761VZ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aberdeen → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA00LA090

Nobody was injured.

The deterioration and subsequent leakage of a hydraulic line which resulted in the total loss of hydraulic fluid and the inability of the pilot to extend the landing gear into the locked position.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Approaching his destination, the pilot lowered the landing gear of the Cessna T210M, and was then advised by the tower that the gear did not appear to be locked down. After a flyby confirming the right main landing gear only partially extended, the pilot attempted corrective action without success. He then returned to the airport and executed a power-off, full flaps landing to runway 28L. During the landing roll, the right gear collapsed and the right horizontal stabilizer was damaged. Post-crash examination revealed that the hydraulic hose between the system and the nose gear door actuator had deteriorated allowing a total hydraulic fluid loss and rendering the gear system inoperable.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.