# Incident 19990729024359I: Cessna 210L, Midland, TX, July 29, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1999, 15:10 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0365° N, 102.1015° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDLAND AIRPARK (MDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0365&lon=-102.1015&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1651X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1651X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,990 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990729024359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 29, 1999, AT APPROX. 1510 CENTRAL TIME, N1651X DEPARTED MAF ON A PERSONNEL PLEASURE FLIGHT TO MDD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY MR. VERNON GILBERT AND HAD ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD (MR. GILBERT'S GRANDSON).  MR. GILBERT IS A PRIVATE PILOT WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 16 AT MDD.  THE PILOT STATED HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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