# Incident 19810104019559I: Cessna T210N, Banner Elk, NC, January 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: Banner Elk, NC
- Airport: Beech Mountain
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1590° N, 81.8678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Banner Elk, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1590&lon=-81.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4902C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4902C-2012-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,363 total, 570 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810104019559I

## Narrative

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

GEAR RETRACTED DURING TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N4902C (2)

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

- [Incident 20070206000959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070206000959I), Feb 6, 2007: Cessna T210N (N4902C), Blytheville, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On February 6, 2007 at approximately 1600 CST at Blytheville, Arkansas (khka), a Cessna CE-210-T210N, N4902C, landed gear-up. The private pilot reported…
- [Incident 20050908025119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050908025119I), Sep 8, 2005: Cessna T210N (N4902C), Parkersburg, WV, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] the pilot stated that during landing the aircraft was too fast and caused the pilot to lose control and porpoise the aircraft. The…

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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