Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C; 210D
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 21; Flight Crew Total 1558; Flight Crew Type 844
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
[I] departed on IFR flight plan in good VMC and cruised 12;000 FT. When lowering gear for visual approach; noted absence of green gear safe light and visually confirmed right Main Landing Gear (MLG) failed to extend fully. Lots of fluid observed on gear. Declared emergency and conducted emergency gear extension procedures multiple times. Little or no pressure on emergency extension handle. Flyby at Tower suggestion confirmed failure of MLG. After burning off almost all fuel on right tank and trying procedures passed on by Tower from maintenance personnel; elected to land on two gear thought to be down and locked and hold right wing up as long as possible on rollout. [I] used runway most directly into the wind. Landed gently on left MLG; but after aircraft settled right wing and fuselage contacted runway and aircraft skidded to stop just off the asphalt. Egressed aircraft on left side as pre-briefed. No injuries. After all measures thought consistent with safety were attempted; all we could do was land the aircraft as gently as possible and accept damage. [I] kept the aircraft under control and the priorities of life and limb uppermost.
C210 pilot reports the failure of the right MLG to extend during approach. Hydraulic fluid is observed on the right gear and attempts at emergency pumping the gear down are unsuccessful. After burning most of the fuel in the right wing tank; a right MLG up landing ensues with no injuries reported.