Cessna 210L N22432

Summary

On 4 February 2003 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N22432, operated by Marvin Perry Hinton, was involved in an accident near Morrilton, Arkansas, 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

4 February 2003 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Morrilton, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Petit Jean Park (MPJ)

Coordinates

35.1386, -92.9092

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

N22432

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Marvin Perry Hinton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ozark → Morrilton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW03LA094

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the main landing gear to extend and lock, as a result of a hydraulic fluid leak caused by a chaffed and ruptured flex line.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The aircraft was substantially damaged during a gear-up landing on the grass adjacent to Runway 21. The 2,000-hour pilot reported that he "lowered" the landing gear handle to configure the aircraft for landing at Morrilton. According to the pilot, the gear began to extend and then stopped. The pilot checked the circuit breaker that controlled the electric hydraulic pump, and found it to be engaged. He then cycled the gear switch to no avail. The pilot flew over the airport and received visual confirmation from ground personnel that the nose landing gear was in the down position, but both main landing gear were "half way down." After attempting to use the emergency landing gear hand pump to no avail, the pilot elected to perform a gear-up landing. Examination of the aircraft by the pilot revealed hydraulic fluid in and around the nose gear wheel well. Upon closer examination, the flex line to the nose gear hydraulic cylinder was observed to be chaffed and ruptured. The ruptured flex line allowed all of the hydraulic fluid to be pumped overboard and rendered both the electric primary pump and the hand operated emergency pump inoperative.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.