TALLAHASSEE, FL, USA
N4612C
CESSNA T-210N
DURING LDG GEAR EXTENSION PLT DID NOT GET SAFE DOWN INDICATION. ATTEMPTS TO USE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PUMP WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. ACFT WAS LANDED NOSE GEAR EXTENDED MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK ACTUATOR TO HAVE A RAPID LEAK DUE TO A TORN O RING. THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP HANDLE WAS FOUND WITH THE PISTON CONNECTING PIN INSTALLED BUT THE PIN WAS NOT INSTALLED IN THE PISTON. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED 43 HOURS BEFORE THIS ACCIDENT WHEN IT WAS LANDED IN A SWAMP AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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