ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362887
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| Date: | Monday 21 September 1992 |
| Time: | 11:55 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 210L |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Express, Inc. |
| Registration: | N777BK |
| MSN: | 21060560 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3809 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Orlando, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (KORL) |
| Tallahassee, FL (KTLH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
FLIGHT WAS UNABLE TO GET SAFE INDICATION FOR LANDING GEAR EXTENDED WHILE APPROACHING DESTINATION AIRPORT. FLIGHT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. AFTER ACCOMPLISHING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR GEAR EXTENSION, GEAR SAFE INDICATION WAS STILL NOT OBTAINED. PILOT DETERMINED ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID HAD BEEN LOST. FLIGHT WAS LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR LOCKED AND THE MAIN GEARS PARTIALLY EXTENDED. POSTLANDING EXAMINATION REVEALED RIGHT MAIN GEAR HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR HAD FAILED DUE TO OVERSTRESS ALONG METAL GRAIN BOUNDARIES AND AT AREA OF LOW WALL THICKNESS. ALL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE WERE FOUND TO BE NORMAL AND NO OTHER LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FAILURES WERE FOUND. AFTER FAILURE OF THE GEAR ACTUATOR ALL NORMAL AND EMERGENCY SYSTEM FLUID WAS LOST THROUGH THE ACTUATOR.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR DUE TO OVERSTRESS FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ALL LANDING GEAR SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID WHICH IN TURN RESULTED IN THE PILOT BEING UNABLE TO EXTEND AND LOCK THE LANDING GEAR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA92LA188
History of this aircraft
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 11:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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