Cessna 210B N9588X
14 August 1999 · Port Angeles, Washington, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 14 August 1999 at about 06:30 local time, a Cessna 210B registered N9588X was involved in an accident near Port Angeles, Washington, 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 06:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Port Angeles, Washington, United States
- Nearest airport
- William R Fairchild Intl (CLM)
- Coordinates
- 47.9908, -123.2495
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210B
- Registration
- N9588X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Everett → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- SEA99LA143
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The failure of maintenance personnel to detect cracked main landing gear saddles during required inspection, and subsequent fatigue fracture of the left main landing gear saddle resulting in separation of the saddle and disabling of the left main gear.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
After takeoff, the left main landing gear would not lock in the 'up' position. The pilot was subsequently unable to get the left main gear into either the up-and-locked or down-and-locked positions, despite repeated efforts to do so. After burning down fuel, the pilot performed a successful landing in grass next to the runway at his destination with the left main gear unlocked, sustaining only slight additional damage in the landing. Post-accident examinations disclosed a fatigue fracture with at least three separate origins in the left main landing gear saddle (a structural component that mounts the gear strut to the airframe), and fatigue cracks in the right main gear saddle. Both main gear saddles were dye-penetrant inspected for cracks in accordance with AD 76-14-07R2 approximately 3 weeks/30 flight hours before the accident with no defects found.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 210 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 1999 | Cessna 210L | Medina, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 Mar 1999 | Cessna 210 | Opa Locka, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Aug 1999 | Cessna 210L | Tampa, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Jun 1999 | Cessna 210L | Gt. Harbour Cay, Bahamas | Randy L. Butler | No injuries | - |
| 6 Feb 1999 | Cessna 210J | Naples, Florida, United States | Robert M. Johnson | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Oct 1999 | Cessna 210 | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 2,022 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jan 1999 | Cessna 175 | Moses Lake, Washington, United States | John H. Bross | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 1999 | Cessna 140 | Port Townsend, Washington, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 1999 | Cessna 185 | Renton, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Sep 1999 | Cessna 170B | Auburn, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1999 | Cessna T210L | Port Angeles, Washington, United States | Wings Aloft | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 1999 | Stinson V77 | Tacoma, Washington, United States | Kimble, Wallis, R. | No injuries | - |