Cessna T210M N761UV

Summary

On 30 October 2001 at about 16:40 local time, a Cessna T210M registered N761UV was involved in an accident near Salem, Illinois, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 October 2001 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Salem, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Salem-Leckrone (SLO)

Coordinates

38.6203, -88.9492

Aircraft

Cessna T210M

Registration

N761UV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fulton → Salem

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02LA016

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane landed wheels-up. The pilot said that while approaching to land he was unable to lower the landing gear. He said that he attempted to lower the landing gear using the emergency extension system. He said that he could smell hydraulic fluid. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that a hydraulic hose on the nose gear door actuator had failed and allowed hydraulic fluid to leak from the gear retraction system. The emergency landing gear extension system uses a hand actuated hydraulic pump to extend the landing gear. The Cessna Service Manual states that the hydraulic hoses in the landing gear retraction system are to be inspected and replaced as required every 5 years or 1,000 hours. A review of the aircraft logbook entries dating back 6 years was performed. No entry indicating that the failed hose had been replaced was found.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.