# Incident 19800817081579I: Cessna 210M, Forrest City, AR, August 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Forrest City, AR
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0136° N, 90.7932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Forrest City, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0136&lon=-90.7932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6619B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6619B-1990-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 321 total, 8 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/19800817081579I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR RETRACTED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. PILOT FAILED TO CHECK GEAR HANDLE POSITION.

## Other reports on N6619B (2)

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

- [Incident 19900206006739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900206006739I), Feb 6, 1990: Cessna 210M (N6619B), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. Aircraft was landed with main gear partially extended. Skidded off side of the runway.
- [Incident 19890907034019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890907034019I), Sep 7, 1989: Cessna 210M (N6619B), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. Failed to extend landing gear and landed gear up. No malfunction found.

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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