Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37862
Thursday, April 19, 2012 19:15 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot entered the airport traffic pattern for landing and completed the before-landing checklist. He lowered the landing gear, and he noticed that the hydraulic unit stayed on and that the landing gear green light indication in the cockpit did not illuminate. He looked outside and the nosewheel was extended, but both main landing gear were only partially extended. He recycled the landing gear with negative results. He also added fluid to the hydraulic fill port in the cockpit, attempted to recycle the landing gear, and conducted some negative "g’s," but the gear did not fully extend. The pilot subsequently performed a straight-in approach with the nosewheel down and the main landing gear partially extended. During touchdown, the airplane veered to the left off the side of the runway and came to rest upright in a grassy area.
Examination of the airplane revealed a hole in the landing gear down-pressure hose, which prevented the landing gear from fully extending. Review of service information from the airplane manufacturer revealed that the hoses should be replaced every 5 years. The investigation could not determine when the last time the hose was replaced. The airplane's current mechanic had worked on the airplane for 3 years and had not replaced the hose during that time. He added that the hoses did not look damaged or degraded during the inspections he performed. There was no entry in the logbook to indicate the hydraulic hoses had been replaced within the last 5 years or 1,000 hours.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Failure of the nose landing gear down pressure hose, which resulted in the main landing gear being unable to lock and collapse of the main landing gear during the landing roll.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/19/2012 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1915 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Gatlinburg |
| Event State | TENNESSEE |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 37862 |
| Event Date Year | 2012 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 355127N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0833143W |
| Event Location Airport | Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | GKT |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 1014 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2007 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | GKT |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1014 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Bright |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 17 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.97 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 31499 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Nashville FSDO |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 27 2013 5:09PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N96050 |
| NTSB Number | ERA12LA299 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 210 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 210-61156 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3400 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 1 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 3 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 11 2011 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 54 |
| Airframe Hours | 5286 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | C91 |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MCMILLEN MICHAEL P |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | SEVIERVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | TN |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 37876-2497 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | MCMILLEN MICHAEL P |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | SEVIERVILLE |
| Operator State | TN |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 37876-2497 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | KTX |
| Departure City | Kennett |
| Departure State | MO |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1526 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | GKT |
| Destination City | Sevierville |
| Destination State | TN |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 27 2013 5:09PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 10 |
| Runway Length | 5506 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |