ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286478
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 October 2009 |
| Time: | 14:58 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210L |
| Owner/operator: | Suddarth Steven Craig |
| Registration: | N211LC |
| MSN: | 21060364 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6366 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Albuquerque, New Mexico -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Edgewood, NM (1N1) |
| Albuquerque International Airport, NM (ABQ/KABQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The single-engine airplane had just undergone an annual inspection, which included several landing gear retraction and emergency gear extension tests. The commercial pilot performed an extensive pre-flight inspection before he departed on its first post-maintenance flight and found no anomalies. Shortly after takeoff, as the pilot retracted the landing gear, the hydraulic pump stopped and the "gear-up" light did not illuminate. He then tried to extend the gear and nothing happened. The pilot referenced an inspection mirror on the right wing and realized all three landing gear were dangling between the up and down positions. The pilot stabilized the airplane and used his cell phone to call Cessna Aircraft Company. An engineer provided troubleshooting techniques, but the pilot was unable to secure the gear in the down-and-locked position. The pilot then made a partial gear-up landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer. The airplane had been modified under a Supplemental Type Certificate in 1987, which removed the main landing gear doors and replaced them with fairings. As a result, some of the landing gear hydraulic lines were capped. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector performed an examination of the airplane and found a hydraulic line in the landing gear system that was not properly capped and was leaking. The line was re-capped and several gear extension/retraction tests were successfully performed. The uncapped line should have been found and repaired during the annual inspection.
Probable Cause: The mechanic's failure to find and repair a leaking main landing gear hydraulic line during an annual inspection.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN10LA014
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 January 2009 | N211LC | 0 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 11:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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