# Incident 19780325010289I: Cessna T210L, Springfield, IL, March 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1978, 10:52 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21AN-2026-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 563 total, 172 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780325010289I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN; DRAG STRUT DAMAGED AND GEAR ACTUATOR END WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N21AN (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190930018399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190930018399I), Sep 30, 2019: Cessna T210L (N21AN), North Myrtle Be, SC, Minor damage. When coming to land at North Myrtle Beach (kcre) the pilot went to put the landing gear down and the rear gear went down and the nose gear did not extend. The…
- [Incident 20170217016209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170217016209I), Feb 17, 2017: Cessna T210L (N21AN), New Bern, NC, Minor damage. When coming into land at Kewn I selected my gear down. With no green light indicated I looked outside to see my nose gear was not extended, I recycled the gear…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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