# Incident 19880403046599I: Cessna 210D, Sweetwater, TX, April 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1988, 12:30 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TX
- Airport: Sweetwater Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4694° N, 100.4087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sweetwater, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4694&lon=-100.4087&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)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 710 total, 16 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880403046599I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND LANDED WITH GEAR UP. HAD EARPHONES ON. DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN.

## Other reports on N3766Y (3)

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

- [Incident 19850827061559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850827061559I), Aug 27, 1985: N3766Y, Big Spring, TX, Minor damage. Cycled gear several times while trying to get doors closed. Landed gear up. Felt gear was down by sound and feel.
- [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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