Cessna T210M N761DL

Summary

On 27 May 2001 at about 06:45 local time, a Cessna T210M registered N761DL was involved in an accident near Portland, Oregon, United States. 5 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.

Date

27 May 2001 at 06:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Portland, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Portland Intl (PDX)

Coordinates

45.5300, -122.6803

Aircraft

Cessna T210M

Registration

N761DL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Coeur d'Alene → Astoria

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

SEA01LA105

Nobody was injured.

A burst hydraulic line and consequent total loss of hydraulic fluid from the landing gear, which disabled landing gear operation.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On approach to the destination, the landing gear, which is extended by hydraulic actuators powered by an electrically-powered hydraulic power pack, failed to extend. Attempts to recycle the gear and to employ the emergency gear extension procedure (utilizing a hand-operated emergency hydraulic pump) were unsuccessful. The pilot then checked the fluid level in the hydraulic reservoir and found the reservoir empty. He attempted to refill it with various available fluids, but this also proved ineffective in restoring landing gear operation. A passenger succeeded in opening the cabin door and manually pulling the right main gear into the down-and-locked position; the pilot was also able to pull the left main gear into the down position, but the left main gear would not lock down. The pilot subsequently diverted to Portland International Airport (PDX) and performed an emergency landing on runway 28R, an 8,000- by 150-foot grooved asphalt runway. During the emergency landing, the aircraft dropped to a 30-degree left wing down attitude upon touchdown, then turned 180 degrees to the left and came to rest in the grass alongside the runway, sustaining substantial damage in the landing. The pilot reported that a post-accident inspection revealed that a hydraulic line in the nose gear well had burst, allowing a total loss of hydraulic fluid from the system.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.