# Incident 19810626054529I: Cessna 210L, Ft Pierce, FL, June 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1981, 16:41 local time
- Place: Ft Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210DC) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 150 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/19810626054529I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE GEAR DOWN. LANDED WHEELS UP ON SOD ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. BELEIVE GEAR HYDRAULIC VALVE MALFUNCTIONED.

## Other reports on N210DC (2)

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

- [Incident 20241004013419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241004013419I), Oct 4, 2024: Cessna 210L (N210DC), Midland, TX, Minor damage. On October 4, 2024 at approximately 1400 local time, a Cessna 210L aircraft received minor damage during a landing on runway 07 at the Midland Airpark Airport…
- [Incident 19811210084989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811210084989I), Dec 10, 1981: Cessna 210L (N210DC), Ness City, KS, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear when he landed at Ness City.

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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