# Incident 19981109040929I: Cessna T210N, Medford, OR, November 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1998, 14:55 local time
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Medford-Jackson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3360° N, 122.8518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medford, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3360&lon=-122.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68TB) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981109040929I

## Narrative

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

(-5)AIRCRAFT INBOUND IFR FROM THE SOUTH ON ILS APPROACH. PILOT COULD NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT ON NOSE GEAR DOWN.  AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPS TO RECYCLE GEAR, LANDED AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR UP.  MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURY OR FIRE.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED FRONT NOSE GEAR DOORS JAMMED, PREVENTING OPENING FOR GEAR EXTENTION.  NEW ENGINE, PROPELLER, AND ANNUAL COMPLETED 2.3 HOURS EARLIER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N68TB (1)

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

- [Incident 20250602006229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250602006229I), Jun 2, 2025: Cessna T210N (N68TB), Vacaville, CA, Minor damage. On 06/02/2025, at 17:10 local time, after a successful landing on runway 20 at the Nut Tree Airport (vcb) and while turning off the runway, [privacy data…

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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