# Incident 19980831037179I: Cessna 210B, Houma, LA, August 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1998, 10:30 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma-Terrebonne Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9746X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9746X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,264 total, 600 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980831037179I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY MAINTENANCE TO CLOSE NOSE GEAR DOORS PRIOR TO TAKE OFF BY MOVING GEAR HANDLE TO DOWN POSITION AFTER ENGINE WAS STARTED.  HE TAXIED TO RUNWAY, PERFORMED RUN-UP, THEN COMPLIED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N9746X (1)

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

- [Incident 19910727039679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910727039679I), Jul 27, 1991: Cessna 210B (N9746X), Hammond, LA, Minor damage. Private pilot receiving instrument instructions forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.

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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