NTSB Factual Report

On July 11, 2017, about 1110 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 210L, N732FJ, was substantially damaged during a precautionary landing at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP), Avoca, Pennsylvania. The commercial pilot and two passengers were not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by I.R.F. LLC. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed for the personal flight that departed Morristown Municipal Airport (MMU), Morristown, New Jersey, and was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.

The pilot reported that the flight was a charity flight to pick up a patient at Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After takeoff from MMU, the pilot placed the gear handle in the UP position; the gear started to retract, but the cycle never completed. He attempted to recycle the gear back into the down position without success. The hydraulic gear pump operated, but the gear did not move. The pilot then attempted to use the manual emergency landing gear hand pump; however, there was no resistance and he thought that there was no hydraulic fluid in the system.

After calling maintenance over the radio and discussing the situation, the pilot and maintenance agreed that there was no hydraulic fluid and no corrective action that could be taken. The pilot then diverted to AVP. While in the airport traffic pattern at AVP, he performed a flyby of the control tower who observed and reported that the gear appeared to be down but not locked. After landing on runway 22, the left main landing gear collapsed; the airplane skidded along the runway on the main landing gear door until it collapsed. The airplane then tilted to the left and skidded to a stop.

A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector who responded to the accident site reported that the left stabilizer, left elevator, and left wingtip was substantially damaged.

According to pilot, the airplane's most recent annual inspection was completed on July 19, 2016. At the time of the accident, the airplane had accrued approximately 6,720 hours of total time. The engine had accrued approximately 1,465 hours of operation since major overhaul.

The wreckage was removed and transported to a maintenance facility for further examination a later date.