Cessna 210L N5489V

Summary

On 27 February 2008 at about 06:41 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N5489V, operated by Flight Express Inc, was involved in an accident near Tampa, Florida, 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

27 February 2008 at 06:41

Classification

Accident

Location

Tampa, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Tampa International Airport (TPA)

Coordinates

27.9756, -82.5331

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

N5489V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Express Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbia → Tampa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

MIA08LA066

Nobody was injured.

The malfunction of the right main landing gear down-and-locked switch.

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

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While inbound to land, the pilot lowered the landing gear using the normal system and the nose and left main landing gears went into the down and locked position; however, the right main landing gear did not due to a false down-and-locked indication caused by a malfunction of the right main landing gear down-and-locked switch. As such, the pilot observed a green light indicating that all landing gears were down and locked and continued the approach. During the landing roll the right main landing gear collapsed. Postaccident examination revealed that the malfunction of the right down-and-locked switch was caused by a bent plunger, which shut off the electrically-driven hydraulic pump before the right gear went into the down and locked position. Since 1992, the right main landing gear down-and-locked switch had been replaced six times, with the latest replacement occurring in October 2004. The airplane had been operated for 2,082 hours since the latest switch replacement. Additionally, the operator performs gear rigging testing every 300 hours. The latest rigging check occurred on November 15, 2007. The airplane had accumulated approximately 218 hours since then at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.