# Incident 20050214001209I: Cessna 210H, Portales, NM, February 14, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2005, 14:15 local time
- Place: Portales, NM
- Airport: Portales Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1455° N, 103.4103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTALES MUNI (PRZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1455&lon=-103.4103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455WS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N455WS-2014-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210H (registry code 2073436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050214001209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 14, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 MST, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A CESSNA 210 AIRCRAFT, INADVERTENTLY FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE COMPLETELY AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 VFR FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED AT CLOVIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CVN), CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO ENROUTE TO PORTALES, NEW MEXICO.

## Other reports on N455WS (2)

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

- [Incident 20041011023749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041011023749I), Oct 11, 2004: Cessna 210H (N455WS), Clovis, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On October 11, 2004, at approximately 1550 MST, N455WS, a Cessna model 210H, operated by Mr. George simms, who was practicing VFR traffic patttern work…
- [Incident 19971116040259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971116040259I), Nov 16, 1997: Cessna 210H (N455WS), Pagosa Springs, CO, Minor damage. Narrative: on the morning of November 16, 1997, this pilot took off from his hometown airport at clovis, new Mexico. It was intended to be a pleasure flight to…

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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