# Incident 19950407010169I: Cessna 210L, Bartow, FL, April 7, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1995, 19:50 local time
- Place: Bartow, FL
- Airport: Bartow Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8964° N, 81.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bartow, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8964&lon=-81.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22396, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22396) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 450 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950407010169I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 7, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1950 EDT, A CESSNA 210, N22396, CO-OWNED BY MR. JORDAN LENNON AND MR. ROYAL G. FORT, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED (UP) AT THE BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEAR BARTOW, FLORIDA FOLLOWING A MALFUNCTION OF THE LANDING GEAR'S EXTENSION SYSTEM. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE PILOT, MR. ROYAL G. FORT, HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING #528425135. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT, NEAR CRYSTAL RIVER, FL ON APRIL 7, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 EDT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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