# Incident 20060425009379I: Cessna T210M, Weslaco, TX, April 25, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2006, 20:35 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Airport: Mid Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1787° N, 97.9740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID VALLEY INTL (TXW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1787&lon=-97.9740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761FX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761FX-2009-06-30) (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: 13,156 total, 700 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/20060425009379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS OPERATING N761FX, A CESSNA T210 AIRCRAFT, ON A LOCAL FLIGHT IN THE MCALLEN/WESLACO TEXAS AREA. PILOT IN COMMAND WAS DEMONSTRATING A LANDING PROCEDURE TO HIS PASSENGER. THEY HAD COMPLETED THREE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND ON THE FOURTH LANDING THE PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF RUNWAY 13 AT THE WESLACO MIDVALLEY AIRPORT, IN WESLACO, TEXAS.

## Other reports on N761FX (2)

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

- [Incident 19990607024259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990607024259I), Jun 7, 1999: Cessna T210M (N761FX), Laredo, TX, Minor damage. Pilot stated airport had numerous jets in his traffic pattern area and was distracted in his attempts to locate possible conflicting aircraft. Pilot admits to…
- [Incident 19910721035029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910721035029I), Jul 21, 1991: Cessna T210M (N761FX), Mc Allen, TX. Electrical problem at cruise. Returned to departure point. Landed safely. Found alternator belt had disintegrated.

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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