# Incident 20040112000129I: Cessna T210N, Minden, NV, January 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9646° N, 119.7666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9646&lon=-119.7666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N726SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N726SS-2018-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040112000129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND FORGOT TO SELECT THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. PILOT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS ON DOWN WIND JUST PRIOR TO TURNING BASE THE RUNWAY LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND IN HIS EFFORT TO TURN THEM ON AGAIN, HE OVERLOOKED THE GEAR CONDITION ON HIS CHECKLIST. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE BOTTOM AND CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. ALL PROPS WERE BENT AFT AND THE UNDERBELLY SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SCRAPED.

## Other reports on N726SS (1)

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

- [Incident 19990303018559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990303018559I), Mar 3, 1999: Cessna T210N (N726SS), Morristown, NJ, Minor damage. (-5) Aircraft was jacked up in the hangar after the accident and the gear was extended and retracted several times and operated down and locked green light and…

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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