# Incident 19811227087319I: Cessna 210L, Louisville, KY, December 27, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1981, 19:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Standiford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2241S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2241S) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 312 total, 163 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811227087319I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING. MISUSED EMERGENCY SYSTEM. LANDED WITH GEAR PARTIAL DOWN. GEAR HYDRO MOTOR FAILED.

## Other reports on N2241S (1)

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

- [Incident 19850519025249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850519025249I), May 19, 1985: Cessna 210L (N2241S), Errol, ME, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear for landing.

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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