# Incident 19830409017079I: Cessna 210, Decatur, AL, April 9, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1983, 18:00 local time
- Place: Decatur, AL
- Airport: Pryor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6541° N, 86.9454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRYOR FLD RGNL (DCU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6541&lon=-86.9454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7398E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7398E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 65 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830409017079I

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N7398E (1)

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

- [Accident 19980221001629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980221001629A), Feb 21, 1998: Cessna 210 (N7398E), Hazel Green, AL, Substantial damage. Post annual flight check. Hard landing folded the nose gear. Prop hit runway. (-23) the pilot bounced the aircraft on landing, on the second bounce the nose…

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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