# Accident 19811023071209A: Cessna T210M, Bermuda Dunes, CA, October 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1981, 13:50 local time
- Place: Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Airport: Bermuda Dunes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7484° N, 116.2748° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERMUDA DUNES (UDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7484&lon=-116.2748&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6008N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 215 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DUG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811023071209A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP.

## 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 LAX82DUG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUG02), Oct 23, 1981: Cessna T210 (N6008N), Bermuda Dunes, CA, substantial damage

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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