Cessna 210L N732FJ

Summary

On 11 July 2017 at about 15:10 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N732FJ, operated by IRF LLC, was involved in an accident near Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 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

11 July 2017 at 15:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl (AVP)

Coordinates

41.3431, -75.7194

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

N732FJ

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

1

Operator

IRF LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Morristown → Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA17LA239

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the left landing gear door actuator, which resulted in a loss of all hydraulic pressure and subsequent gear collapse on landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After takeoff, the pilot placed the landing gear handle in the up position; the gear started to retract, but the cycle never completed. The pilot attempted to recycle the gear back into the down position without success and subsequently used the manual emergency landing gear extension hand pump without success. He discussed the situation with a mechanic, and they determined that there was likely no hydraulic fluid in the system and no corrective action to remedy the situation. The pilot diverted to a nearby airport and performed a tower flyby, which confirmed that the gear were down and dangling but not locked. Upon touchdown, the landing gear folded back. The airplane tilted left and skidded to a stop, which resulted in substantial damage to the left stabilizer, left elevator, and left wingtip. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the left landing gear door actuator had failed, and hydraulic fluid was observed in and around the left landing gear well. Subsequent maintenance revealed that a c-clip that held a cap in place at the end of the actuator had failed, which resulted in the release of the hydraulic fluid and pressure and subsequently prevented the landing gear system, including the manual emergency landing gear extension hand pump, from operating. The failure of the actuator component released all hydraulic pressure from the system, and the landing gear could not be extended into the down-and-locked position, which resulted in a gear collapse upon landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.