# Incident 19800921077889I: Cessna T210N, Ruidoso, NM, September 21, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3495° N, 105.6688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ruidoso, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3495&lon=-105.6688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6407N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6407N-2000-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 700 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/19800921077889I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY TURBULANCE AND FORGOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N6407N (1)

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

- [Accident 19990612006929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990612006929A), Jun 12, 1999: Cessna T210N (N6407N), Seneca, SC, Substantial damage. Acft lost power, the pilot switched fuel tanks, and the acft then experienced induction icing and crashed into a house, other circumstances are unknown. (.4)…

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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