Cessna 210L N777FW
18 February 2010 · Aurora, Oregon, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 February 2010 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N777FW, operated by Kent Lewis, was involved in an accident near Aurora, Oregon, United States. 6 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.
The record
- Date
- at 17:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Aurora, Oregon, United States
- Nearest airport
- Aurora State (UAO)
- Coordinates
- 45.2469, -122.7700
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210L
- Registration
- N777FW
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Kent Lewis
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Aurora → Aurora
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR10LA140
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Probable cause
The failure of the landing gear to properly function for undetermined reasons, resulting in the right main landing gear collapsing during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to follow the emergency gear extension procedure.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that, after departing for a local flight, he attempted to retract the landing gear but the landing gear did not retract. He verified the position by looking out of the window and noted that the landing gear appeared to be in the down-and-locked position. The green landing gear position light was not illuminated. Because he thought that the landing gear was in the down-and-locked position, the pilot decided not to use the manual gear extension procedure. During the landing, the right main landing gear collapsed. Postaccident examination and testing of the landing gear system showed that it operated normally and no mechanical anomalies were identified. The underlying cause of the intermittent operation of the landing gear system was not determined. Testing of the manual gear extension system showed that it functioned normally. Had the pilot used the system, he would have received a gear down-and-locked indication and landed normally.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2010 | Cessna 210 | Houma, Louisiana, United States | Black Star Aviation LLC | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 2010 | Cessna 210B | Loveland, Colorado, United States | Cullum Chuck R JR | Fatal | 1 |
| 28 Oct 2010 | Cessna 210A | Aiken, South Carolina, United States | FBN of Catawba LLC | Fatal | 1 |
| 25 Jun 2010 | Cessna 210D | Babylon, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 May 2010 | Cessna 210 | Arbuckle, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 May 2010 | Cessna 210A | Benson, Arizona, United States | Waylon D. Crump | Minor injuries | - |
All 2,022 records for this type
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