19791010051579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210M · Wood River, IL · October 10, 1979

Date: October 10, 1979 · 13:00 local
Place: Wood River, IL
Airport: Civic Memorial
Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9032M
Reported as: Cessna 210M
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9032MRegistered now · Cessna 210MS/N 21062052 Airframe modelCessna 210M Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot unable to extend the gear. A gear door solenoid valve was stuck in the closed position.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR. A GEAR DOOR SOLENOID VALVE WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION.