# Incident 19970613019359I: Cessna 210G, Donna, TX, June 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1997, 12:30 local time
- Place: Donna, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1631° N, 98.0341° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Donna, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1631&lon=-98.0341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777DS-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210G (registry code 2073430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970613019359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 13, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM, A CESSNA 210G, N777DS, OPERATED BY MRS. VERA MAE GOURLEY LANDED GEAR UP AT A PRIVATE STRIP IN DONNA, TEXAS. MRS. GOURLEY STATED IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW ON JUNE 18, 1997 THAT SHE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN BEFORE LANDING. THIS WAS A PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM DONNA, TEXAS ON JUNE 13, 1997 AND CONDUCTED UNDER FAR PART 91 IN VFR CONDITIONS. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. MRS. GOURLEY HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED. AIRMAN COMPETENCY IS IN QUESTION BECAUSE THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.

## Other reports on N777DS (1)

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

- [Incident 19810814081739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810814081739I), Aug 14, 1981: Cessna 210G (N777DS), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Failed to lower landing gear for landing. Landed gear up. Inop gear horn.

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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