Plane Crash List

Cessna 210L N777BK

21 September 1992 · Orlando, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 September 1992 at about 14:55 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N777BK, operated by Flight Express, Inc., was involved in an accident near Orlando, 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.

The record

Date
at 14:55
Classification
Accident
Location
Orlando, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
Orlando Executive (ORL)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 210L
Registration
N777BK
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Tallahassee
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA92LA188

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR DUE TO OVERSTRESS FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ALL LANDING GEAR SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID WHICH IN TURN RESULTED IN THE PILOT BEING UNABLE TO EXTEND AND LOCK THE LANDING GEAR.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

FLIGHT WAS UNABLE TO GET SAFE INDICATION FOR LANDING GEAR EXTENDED WHILE APPROACHING DESTINATION AIRPORT. FLIGHT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. AFTER ACCOMPLISHING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR GEAR EXTENSION, GEAR SAFE INDICATION WAS STILL NOT OBTAINED. PILOT DETERMINED ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID HAD BEEN LOST. FLIGHT WAS LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR LOCKED AND THE MAIN GEARS PARTIALLY EXTENDED. POSTLANDING EXAMINATION REVEALED RIGHT MAIN GEAR HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR HAD FAILED DUE TO OVERSTRESS ALONG METAL GRAIN BOUNDARIES AND AT AREA OF LOW WALL THICKNESS. ALL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE WERE FOUND TO BE NORMAL AND NO OTHER LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FAILURES WERE FOUND. AFTER FAILURE OF THE GEAR ACTUATOR ALL NORMAL AND EMERGENCY SYSTEM FLUID WAS LOST THROUGH THE ACTUATOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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