ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 344786
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| Date: | Monday 21 August 2023 |
| Time: | 12:08 |
| Type: |  Cessna T210M Turbo Centurion |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6535B |
| MSN: | 21062783 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Napa County Airport (APC/KAPC), Napa, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Napa County Airport, CA (APC/KAPC) |
| Modesto City-County Airport, CA (MOD/KMOD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On August 21, 2023, at 1208 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna T210, N6535B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Napa County Airport (APC/KAPC), Napa, California. The pilot, pilot rated passenger, and passenger. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulation Part 91 personal flight.
According to the pilot, she was relocating the airplane to Modesto, California, to undergo an annual inspection. After takeoff from Napa County Airport (APC), Napa, while ascending through about 3,500 ft mean sea level (MSL) the airplane experienced a total electrical failure.
The pilot elected to return to APC. Prior to landing the landing gear would not extend when commanded so the pilot performed a manual gear extension. She said she pumped the extension lever about 55 times. She performed a low approach over the runway and air traffic control tower controller told her that the gear looked down and locked. During landing on runway 19R, the landing gear collapsed, and the airplane skidded off the right side of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing and right horizontal stabilizer.
The airplane was secured for further examination.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/single-engine-plane-crashes-during-landing-at-napa-county-airport-no-injur/
https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/napa-airport-plane-off-runway/article_d75bcbc4-406b-11ee-86d8-a3e66d8dd0f1.html
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6535B
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N6535B/history/20230821/1838Z/KAPC/KAPC
https://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/000/171/171004.jpg (photo)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2023 00:03 | Geno | Added |
| 22-Aug-2023 00:17 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 27-Aug-2023 10:50 | Nepa | Updated |
| 28-Aug-2023 07:51 | harro | Updated |
| 07-Sep-2023 21:04 | Captain Adam | Updated |
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