# Incident 20020617014019I: Cessna 210N, Birmingham, AL, June 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2002, 08:40 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79VK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79VK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 250 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/20020617014019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, AIR TRAFFIC HAD HIM KEEP HIS SPEED UP AND START HIS DESCENT LATER THAN HE NORMALLY DOES. DUE TO THIS CHANGE IN HIS ROUTINE HE LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N79VK (1)

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

- [Incident 19900707048939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900707048939I), Jul 7, 1990: Cessna 210N (N79VK), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. On landing rollout both main gear collapsed. Nose gear remained extended.

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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