# Incident 19800314045409I: Cessna 210L, Traverse City, MI, March 14, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1980, 17:15 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Sugar Loaf
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7543° N, 85.6030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Traverse City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7543&lon=-85.6030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2390S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2390S) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 60 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/19800314045409I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO AN OPEN DRAINAGE MANHOLE INVISIBLE TO THE PILOT BECAUSE OF A LIGHT SNOW COVER.

## Other reports on N2390S (2)

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

- [Incident 20110508009579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110508009579I), May 8, 2011: Cessna 210L (N2390S), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft landed RWY24 gear up
- [Incident 19801128086489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801128086489I), Nov 28, 1980: Cessna 210L (N2390S), Manistee, MI, Minor damage. Pilot retracted gear after an IFR missed approach, forgot to extend it on the second attempt and landing.

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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