# Incident 20010313012049I: Cessna 210L, Delaware, OH, March 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2001, 12:22 local time
- Place: Delaware, OH
- Airport: Delaware Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2797° N, 83.1148° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Delaware Municipal Airport (DLZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2797&lon=-83.1148&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1697X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1697X-2011-09-07) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010313012049I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH FOR THE DELAWARE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND IN FINAL LANDING PHASE WHEN HE HEARD "GEAR" ON CTAF FREQUENCY. FBO SAW AIRCRAFT WITH GEAR RETRACTED ON FINAL AND TRIED TO WARN PILOT.  PILOT FELT AIRCRAFT TOUCH THE GROUND AND TRIED TO GO-AROUND BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB.  AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO RUNWAY WITH GEAR UP.  GEAR LEVER WAS STILL IN "UP" POSITION.

## Other reports on N1697X (1)

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

- [Accident 19811030071059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811030071059A), Oct 30, 1981: Cessna 210L (N1697X), Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Zy

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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