# Incident 19980823038089I: Cessna T210N, Idaho Falls, ID, August 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1998, 09:17 local time
- Place: Idaho Falls, ID
- Airport: Fanning Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4896° N, 112.0353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Idaho Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4896&lon=-112.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1477U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1477U-2008-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980823038089I

## Narrative

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

(-5)IFR FLIGHT, REXBURG, IDAHO TO GUNNISON, CO., PILOT REQUESTED DIVERSION TO IDAHO FALLS (IDA) AFTER HAVING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.  LANDING GEAR COULD NOT BE LOWERED WITH GEAR HANDLE AND HAD TO BE MANUALLY EXTENDED.  LANDED AT IDA WITHOUT INCIDENT.  PILOT DEPARTED IDA SAME DAY WITH A KNOWN LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION AND FLEW TO GUNNISON WITH LANDING GEAR EXTENDED.  LOI WILL BE SENT.  GEAR RETRACTION MOTOR FOUND DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED.

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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