# Incident 19791002051099I: Cessna 210L, Middletown, DE, October 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1979, 18:35 local time
- Place: Middletown, DE
- Airport: Summit
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5210° N, 75.7237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUMMIT (EVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5210&lon=-75.7237&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94005, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94005-2014-09-08) (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: 8,000 total, 200 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/19791002051099I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SOLENOID.

## Other reports on N94005 (1)

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

- [Incident 20110906022319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110906022319I), Sep 6, 2011: Cessna 210L (N94005), Sheldon, SC, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up on his private grass strip. Prop struck the ground and minor damage under the fuselauge.

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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