# Incident 19980831035149I: Cessna 210F, Pensacola, FL, August 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Ferguson Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1887F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1887F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210F (registry code 2073418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 330 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980831035149I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT STATED HE FLEW A CESSNA 210, N1887F FROM FOLEY, AL TO FERGUSON FIELD PENSACOLA, FL.  AFTER ENTERING THE DOWNWIND PORTION OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18 HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE GEAR MADE NO ATTEMPT TO EXTEND.  HE EXITED THE PATTERN TO THE WEST AND CLIMBED TO THREE THOUSAND FEET AT WHICH TIME HE ATTEMPTED TO USE THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP TO EXTEND THE GEAR BUT THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND.  HE RETURNED TO FERGUSON FIELD AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 18.  HE DID NOT RADIO THE TOWER AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING HIM LAND.  HE ALSO STATED THERE WAS NO INJURY TO HIMSELF OR PROPERTY AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SKIN UNDERNEATH THE FUSELAGE AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.  MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WILL FOLLOW IF DURING THE DROP CHECK THERE IS PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR.

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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