# Incident 20031221036059I: Cessna 210G, Chicago, IL, December 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Lansing Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5349° N, 87.5295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANSING MUNI (IGQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5349&lon=-87.5295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5838F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5838F-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210G (registry code 2073430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 90 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031221036059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT GUSTY WINDS DISTRACTED HIM TO THE EXTENT THAT HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT HEARD THE GEAR WARNING HORN JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, BUT HAVING NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE, DECIDED TO LAND RATHER THAN CONTINUE HIS CONFUSION REGARDING THE STRANGE HORN HE WAS HEARING. THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N5838F (1)

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

- [Incident 20040529019869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529019869I), May 29, 2004: Cessna 210G (N5838F), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On may 29, 2004, at 1122 EDT, a Cessna 210G, N5838F, operated by reginald e. miller, diverted to Buffalo niagara international airport after experiencing…

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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