# Incident 19980830040299I: Cessna 210K, Winchester, VA, August 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1998
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1435° N, 78.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINCHESTER RGNL (OKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1435&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8278M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8278M-2013-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210K (registry code 2073446, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 400 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980830040299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD BEEN PRACTICING TOUGH-N-GO'S IN HIS CE210, WHEN HE LANDED GEAR UP. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. DAMAGE TO THE AIRICRAFT WAS MINOR.

## Other reports on N8278M (2)

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

- [Incident 20120126004909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120126004909I), Jan 26, 2012: Cessna 210K (N8278M), Hemet, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft force landed in an open field under unknown circumstances.
- [Accident 19930527015419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930527015419A), May 27, 1993: Cessna 210K (N8278M), Mayakka City, FL, Substantial damage. Engine failed after vibration and smoke. Collapsed gear landing. Found broken connecting rod number two cylinder.

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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