# Accident 19810205002829A: Cessna 210D, Billings, MT, February 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1981, 12:00 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Logan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3964Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3964Y-2013-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,432 total, 25 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810205002829A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP. FOUND GEAR HORN INOP. GEAR DOWN LIGHT INOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN81FTA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTA05), Feb 5, 1981: Cessna 210 (N3964Y), Billings, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3964Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19770915028649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770915028649A), Sep 15, 1977: Cessna 210D (N3964Y), W.Sulphur Spgs, MT, Substantial damage. Did not put gear handle full down. Did not check lights or visual.

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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