# Incident 19990121013479I: Cessna T210M, Amarillo, TX, January 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732SY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732SY-2005-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total, 600 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990121013479I

## Narrative

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

(-5)WHILE CONDUCTING AN IFR APPROACH UNDER VMC CONDITIONS, THE PILOT WAS GIVEN APPROVAL FROM AMARILLO ATC TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY ATC TO CHANGE RADIO FREQUENCIES AT THE POINT IN HIS USUAL APPROACH ROUTINE WHERE HE WOULD NORMALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT ADDITIONALLY STATED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, HE REALIZED HE HAD NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY COMING TO REST ON THE LEFT SHOULDER OF RUNWAY 22 AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BELLY AND ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES.

## Other reports on N732SY (2)

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

- [Accident 20050413012989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050413012989A), Apr 13, 2005: Cessna T210M (N732SY), Phoenix, AZ, Destroyed. (-23) Witnesses reported the aircraft flying in a southeasterly direction toward the Deer valley airport at a low altitude trailing black smoke. The aircraft…
- [Accident 19920111000432A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920111000432A), Jan 11, 1992: Cessna T210M (N732SY), Bullhead City, AZ, Substantial damage. While turning onto taxiway to proceed to active runway was struck by N7000L that had mistakenly landed on taxiway.

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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