# Incident 19980904040679I: Cessna T210N, Gary, IN, September 4, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1998, 20:37 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Airport: R G Hatcher Gary Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6617C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6617C) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980904040679I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AT GARY AIRPORT (GYY) ON RUNWAY 30.  PILOT WAS DISTRACTED AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH GEAR STILL IN UP POSITION.  THERE WAS NO INJURY BUT AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N6617C (2)

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

- [Incident 19910325014719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910325014719I), Mar 25, 1991: Cessna T210N (N6617C), Gary, IN, Minor damage. Pilot made a gear up landing. Landing gear horn would not operate.
- [Incident 19890315026269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890315026269I), Mar 15, 1989: Cessna T210N (N6617C), Gary, IN. Power loss after departure. Returned. Emergency landing. Found loose duct from turbocharger to manifold.

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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