# Incident 20010625020869I: Cessna T210M, Flint, MI, June 25, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2001, 17:50 local time
- Place: Flint, MI
- Airport: Bishop Intrnational Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0125° N, 83.6875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flint, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0125&lon=-83.6875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210PC) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010625020869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) LEFT PONTIAC, MICHIGAN (PTK) @ 1630 LOCAL TIME ON JUNE 25, 2001. THIS WAS TO WORK WITH GPS UNIT (NORTH STAR SYSTEM) ON APPROACHES VMC WITH DAN FLAVIN A PRIVATE PILOT. WEATHER INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE TELEVISION, AS IT WAS A SUNNY CLEAR DAY. THE AREA FOR GPS FLIGHT WORK WAS JUST EAST OF FLINT, MI (FNT). THIS WAS NOT A CFI TRAINING FLIGHT. SEVERAL APPROACHES INTO FNT WERE ACCOMPLISHED, HOWEVER PIC DID NOT LAND UNTIL THE FOURTH TIME, THIS WAS A GEAR UP LANDING AT 65-70 KIAS WITH FULL FLAPS (40 DEGREES) ON RUNWAY 27.

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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