Cessna 210E N4974U
16 February 2004 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 February 2004 at about 19:26 local time, a Cessna 210E registered N4974U was involved in an accident near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 19:26
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Allegheny County Airport (AGC)
- Coordinates
- 40.3542, -79.9300
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210E
- Registration
- N4974U
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Waynesburg → Pittsburgh
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- IAD04LA011
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The owner/pilot-mechanic's failure to comply with an airworthiness directive, which resulted in a fatigue fracture to the left main landing gear saddle.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
Prior to a landing, the left main landing gear would not extend into a down and locked position. The pilot, who was also the airplane's owner and mechanic, landed with the right main and nose landing gear in the down and locked position, and the left main landing gear "hanging." Upon landing, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the airplane slid off the left side of the runway. A post-accident examination revealed that the left main landing gear saddle was fractured. The landing gear saddle was the subject of an Airworthiness Directive that first required its replacement, and after 1,200 hours of service on the new part, annual dye-penetrant inspections. A review of the airframe logbook revealed that the saddle was replaced, and that annual inspections should have begun in 1986; however, there were no records that they had ever been performed. Laboratory examination of the saddle fracture revealed features consistent with fatigue, and there was a lack of dye penetrant on the part.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 210 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2004 | Cessna 210 | Livingstone, Zambia | Airwaves Airlink Limited | Fatal | 6 |
| 13 Oct 2004 | Cessna 210 | Freeport, Bahamas | Glen Aircraft Inc | No injuries | - |
| 30 Oct 2004 | Cessna 210A | North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 2004 | Cessna 210B | Flagstaff, Arizona, United States | Brett M. Waisnor | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 May 2004 | Cessna 210B | Marsh Harbour, Bahamas | Jon M. Simpson | Fatal | 3 |
| 14 Jul 2004 | Cessna 210M | Quarryville, Pennsylvania, United States | Waldo D. Freeman | No injuries | - |
All 2,022 records for this type
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