# Incident 19870523024359I: Cessna 210, Mcalester, OK, May 23, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1987, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mcalester, OK
- Airport: Mcalester Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8824° N, 95.7835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC ALESTER RGNL (MLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8824&lon=-95.7835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9485T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9485T-2001-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 120 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870523024359I

## Narrative

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

DISTRACTED PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR FOR LANDING.  PILOT CLAIMED GEAR HORN DID NOT WORK.

## Other reports on N9485T (1)

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

- [Accident 20001025027939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001025027939A), Oct 25, 2000: Cessna 210 (N9485T), Oklahoma City, OK, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) At 19:36L, N9485T called Will Rogers clearance delivery and obtained IFR clearance to E42 airport (spearman, Texas). At 19:37, N9485T contacted okc tower…

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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