At 18:49 Pacific time, a Cessna 210K suffered a collapsed landing gear while landing at North Las Vegas. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The landing gear would neither fully retract nor fully extend after takeoff and the pilot elected to return to North Las Vegas. The accident flight was the first flight of the airplane following an annual inspection in which the landing gear was reported as having a discrepancy. The gear was re-rigged and the aircraft placed on jacks. Mechanics successfully cycled the gear 10 times using a external hydraulic pressure source. The accident flight was the first takeoff after the inspection. The emergency manual extension hand pump would not give a landing-gear-extended cockpit indication. Subsequent inspection revealed the engine-driven hydraulic pump was inoperative.
Nov. 09, North Las Vegas, Nev. / Cessna Centurion
At 18:49 Pacific time, a Cessna 210K suffered a collapsed landing gear while landing at North Las Vegas. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The landing gear would neither fully retract nor fully extend after takeoff and the pilot elected to return to North Las Vegas. The accident flight was the first flight of the airplane following an annual inspection in which the landing gear was reported as having a discrepancy. The gear was re-rigged and the aircraft placed on jacks. Mechanics successfully cycled the gear 10 times using a external hydraulic pressure source. The accident flight was the first takeoff after the inspection. The emergency manual extension hand pump would not give a la...
Key Takeaways:
- A Cessna 210K experienced a landing gear collapse at North Las Vegas due to an inoperative engine-driven hydraulic pump, which prevented full gear extension.
- The incident occurred on the aircraft's first flight following an annual inspection that had addressed a landing gear discrepancy, even though mechanics had successfully cycled the gear with an external hydraulic source.
- Despite the collapsed gear, both the pilot and passenger were uninjured.
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