# Incident 19980724030609I: Cessna 210L, Upper Lake, CA, July 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1998, 19:30 local time
- Place: Upper Lake, CA
- Airport: Gravelly Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4507° N, 122.9546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAVELLY VALLEY (1Q5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4507&lon=-122.9546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29603, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29603-2007-03-13) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 962 total, 166 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980724030609I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF PILOT BELIEVES HE STRUCK AN ANIMAL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW LEFT STRIKING A LARGE BUSH. AIRCRAFT WAS WRENCHED EVEN FARTHER LEFT THEREBY CRASHING THROUGH THE TOP PORTION OF A TREE. SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND FLAP. THE LEFT ELEVATOR WAS RIPPED OFF THE STABILIZER AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO SOLE OCCUPANT.

## Other reports on N29603 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820629031319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820629031319I), Jun 29, 1982: Cessna 210L (N29603), Laramie, WY. Landing gear would not extend. Used hand pump with electrical power off to lower gear. Landed okay.

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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