# Incident 19810411025329I: Cessna 210L, Aberdeen, SD, April 11, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Aberdeen, SD
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4652° N, 98.4698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aberdeen, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4652&lon=-98.4698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2004S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2004S-2011-11-29) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 724 total, 450 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/19810411025329I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INTENDED TO OPEN COWL FLAPS BUT MOVED GEAR CONTROL UP AND NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.  PROP AND NOSE SKIN DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2004S (1)

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

- [Incident 19981013039339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981013039339I), Oct 13, 1998: Cessna 210L (N2004S), Springfield, MO, Minor damage. (-5) Pilot said he was distracted and forgot to lower the landing gear. Landing gear retraction test completed; no mechanical problems.

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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