Cessna 210 N9515X

Summary

On 13 November 2023 at about 12:48 local time, a Cessna 210 registered N9515X was involved in an accident near Frederick, Maryland, 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

13 November 2023 at 12:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Frederick Municipal Airport (FDK)

Coordinates

39.4167, -77.3727

Aircraft

Cessna 210

Registration

N9515X

Category

Airplane

Year built

1961

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Edenton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA037

Nobody was injured.

A failure of a hydraulic filter, which preluded normal extension of the landing gear. Also causal was the pilot’s failure to confirm that he landing gear was extended before landing, which resulted in a gear up landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that he extended the airplane’s landing gear in preparation to land but did not confirm if the gear was down and locked. As such, he was not aware that the landing gear did not extend due to a failure of the system’s hydraulic filter. The pilot landed gear up, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot said that when the airplane was recovered from the runway, recovery personnel were able to lift the airplane and extend the landing gear using the emergency gear hand pump.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.