Cessna 210L N732FY
13 August 2011 · Seattle, Washington, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 August 2011 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N732FY, operated by Saccio Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Seattle, Washington, United States. 3 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 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Nearest airport
- Boeing Field (BFI)
- Coordinates
- 47.5300, -122.3019
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210L
- Registration
- N732FY
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Saccio Aviation LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Friday Harbor → Seattle
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR11LA378
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
A loss of electrical power while on final approach due to a depleted battery, which resulted in an intentional gear-up emergency landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that, during final approach for landing, she lowered the flaps to 10 degrees and placed the landing gear lever to the “down” position. While the gear was coming down, the airplane lost all electrical power. The pilot stated that she thought the safest course of action would be to land in the grass between the runways because she did not think she had sufficient time to manually pump the landing gear down. She reported that, with the 10-degree flap setting, the airplane was a little faster than normal during the approach but that the gear-up landing was smooth. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the battery was depleted. Maintenance personnel jacked up the airplane and successfully performed a landing gear retraction and extension with an auxiliary power unit connected. They then installed a shop battery and successfully completed normal retraction and emergency extensions.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 2011 | Cessna 210-5(205) | McKenzie Bridge, Oregon, United States | Stephen Perrault Construction LLC | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 2011 | Cessna 210D | Altavista, Virginia, United States | DI Giulio Robert H | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Nov 2011 | Cessna 210 | Cuiaba, Brazil | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 6 Oct 2011 | Cessna 210A | Wolfe City, Texas, United States | Spradling T Glenn JR | No injuries | - |
| 22 Nov 2011 | Cessna 210 | Alto Alegre, Brazil | Paramazonia Taxi Aereo Ltda | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Mar 2011 | Cessna 210 | Pahrump, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 2,022 records for this type
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