# Incident 19811210084789I: Cessna 210N, Colorado Spring, CO, December 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6423N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6423N-1997-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811210084789I

## Narrative

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

ZK FIRE IN ENGINE AREA,GEAR DOWN PROBLEM. MAINS COLLAPSED. WIRING RUBBED HOLE IN FUEL LINE, BURNED NOSE HYDRO LINE.

## Other reports on N6423N (2)

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

- [Incident 19900404012219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900404012219I), Apr 4, 1990: Cessna 210N (N6423N), Scottsbluff, NE, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19890404005759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890404005759I), Apr 4, 1989: Cessna 210N (N6423N), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. On landing roll out nose gear collapsed. Suspect electric pump may have cut off early causing unlocked condition.

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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