# Incident 19850827061559I: Cessna 210D, Big Spring, TX, August 27, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1985, 07:30 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Howard Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3766Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3766Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850827061559I

## Narrative

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

CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TRYING TO GET DOORS CLOSED. LANDED GEAR UP. FELT GEAR WAS DOWN BY SOUND AND FEEL.

## Other reports on N3766Y (3)

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

- [Incident 19880403046599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880403046599I), Apr 3, 1988: Cessna 210D (N3766Y), Sweetwater, TX, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed with gear up. Had earphones on. Did not hear the gear warning horn.
- [Incident 19810919072849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810919072849I), Sep 19, 1981: Cessna 210D (N3766Y), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower landing gear. Landing gear up.
- [Accident 19731108036139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731108036139A), Nov 8, 1973: Cessna 210D (N3766Y), Hereford, TX, Substantial damage. Apchd rwy in nose low attitude pulled up to flare.

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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