# Incident 20000219002979I: Cessna 210B, Visalia, CA, February 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9664X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9664X-2018-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000219002979I

## Narrative

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

MR. CHARLES HOWARD TARSKI, A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A CESSNA 210B, N9664X, ON 2-19-2000, DEPARTING WILLOWS-GLENNCO (WLW), WILLOWS, CA, TO VISALIA MUNI, VISALIA, CA, WHEN HE LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 30 AT THE VISALIA MUNI AIRPORT, VISALIA, CALIFORNAI. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY STRICKING THE PROPELLER, DAMAGING TI ANC CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE, DAMAGING THE ENGINE EXHAUST STACKS AND DOING SOME BELLEY SKIN DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAUNED UP RIGHT.  THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, THUS CLASSIFYING THIS AS AN INCIDENT.  THE GEAR UP LANDING WAS A RESULT OF MR. TARSKI'S FAILURE TO PERFORM THE APPROPRIATE PRELANDING CHECK LIST PER HIS OWN ADDMISSION.

## Other reports on N9664X (1)

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

- [Accident 20170708011479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170708011479A), Jul 8, 2017: Cessna 210B (N9664X), Bettles, AK, Destroyed. Pilot took off from Bettles in the Cessna 210 en route to Wild Lake and was alone in the aircraft. The airstrip at Wild Lake is a very small narrow landing…

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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