# Incident 19791013052689I: Cessna 210L, Garden City, KS, October 13, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9759° N, 100.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garden City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9759&lon=-100.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1609X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1609X) (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: 484 total, 355 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/19791013052689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTENDED THE WHEELS.

## Other reports on N1609X (1)

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

- [Incident 19940517027779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940517027779I), May 17, 1994: Cessna 210L (N1609X), Washington, DC, Minor damage. Advised hold short of taxiway for a 727 to pass. While holding was blown up on its nose. Inadeguate spacing.

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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