# Incident 19780715044199I: Cessna 210L, Rockford, IL, July 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1978, 21:30 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93112, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 550 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/19780715044199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE DOOR SOLENOID VALVE WAS JAMMED OR STICKING IN MID TRAVEL.

## Other reports on N93112 (1)

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

- [Incident 19791006052129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791006052129I), Oct 6, 1979: Cessna 210L (N93112), Rochelle, IL, Minor damage. Pilot pulled prop through by hand. Engine started, ran into a hangar. His wife was in the plane.

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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