19811020075349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210D · Chapel Hill, NC · October 20, 1981

Date: October 20, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place: Chapel Hill, NC
Airport: Horace Williams
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3927Y
Reported as: Cessna 210D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 565 total60 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N3927YRegistered now · Cessna 210DS/N 21058427 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCessna 210D Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot said the sun was in his eyes while landing and he forgot to lower the gear.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT SAID THE SUN WAS IN HIS EYES WHILE LANDING AND HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR.