# Incident 19980908037889I: Cessna 210E, Pocatello, ID, September 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1998, 15:20 local time
- Place: Pocatello, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8713° N, 112.4455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pocatello, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8713&lon=-112.4455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2331F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2331F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 20 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980908037889I

## Narrative

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

(-5) CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE UNABLE TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR LANDING IN POCATELLO, IDAHO. LANDED ON THE MAINS ONLY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AN INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IS BEING CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE PROBABLE CAUSE.

## Other reports on N2331F (2)

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

- [Accident 20000702006509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000702006509A), Jul 2, 2000: Cessna 210E (N2331F), La Verne, CA, No damage. (-23) While attemping to land at pocatello, ID, pilot misjuged flare and landed hard. Damage to prop, nose gear and engine firewall. [privacy data omitted]
- [Incident 19950908039369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950908039369I), Sep 8, 1995: Cessna 210E (N2331F), Pocatello, ID, Minor damage. Unable to extend landing gear at slc. Returned to pih. Landed gear up on grass runway.

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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