# Incident 19970505011429I: Cessna T210M, Billings, MT, May 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1997, 12:01 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6798M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6798M-2017-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 400 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970505011429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UPON EXTENDING GEAR FOR LANDING, NOSE GEAR DOORS DID NOT OPEN. PILOT HAD VALID GEAR DOWN INDICATION. TWO OCCUPANTS, NO INJURIES. PROP DAMAGE, NOSE GEAR DOOR DAMAGE, AND EXHAUST STACK DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE CONFIRMED VALID GEAR DOWN INDICATION AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N6798M (1)

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

- [Incident 19820929066829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820929066829I), Sep 29, 1982: Cessna T210M (N6798M), Buffalo, WY. Ran out of fuel IFR on top. Descended through clouds from 13000 feet to a successful forced landing.

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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