# Incident 19830717046809I: Cessna 210M, Rapid City, SD, July 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1983, 18:00 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6039N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6039N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830717046809I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. FOUND A STICKING DOOR SOLENOID AND A FAULTY VALVE ASSEMBLY SELECTOR.

## Other reports on N6039N (1)

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

- [Accident 19810308008489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810308008489A), Mar 8, 1981: Cessna 210M (N6039N), Ivanhoe, MN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final. Crash-landed short of farm strip. Found fuel selector on empty tank. Fuel gauge showed fuel.

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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