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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210M · Hopewell, VA · August 20, 1985

Date
August 20, 1985 · 09:28 local
Place
Hopewell, VA
Airport
Hopewell Heliport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N210JG
Reported as
Cessna 210M
Reported engine
Continental IO520L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
326 total78 in this make and model93 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot forgot to extend gear until just before touchdown. Gear unlocked but not extended on touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR UNTIL JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. GEAR UNLOCKED BUT NOT EXTENDED ON TOUCHDOWN.