# Accident 20071028824319A: Cessna T210K, Los Alamos, NM, October 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2007, 17:50 local time
- Place: Los Alamos, NM
- Airport: Los Alamos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8744° N, 106.2681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8744&lon=-106.2681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8251M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8251M-2021-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,357 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071028824319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 28, 2007, AT 1750 MDT, N8251M, A CESSNA CE-210-T210K REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, LANDED WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UP AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN AT THE LOS ALAMOS AIRPORT IN LAS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PRIVATE FLIGHT BY THE OWNER, THE HOLDER OF A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER SUFFERED ANY INJURY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CARLSBAD, NM AT 1440 MDT. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN08LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA021), Oct 28, 2007: Cessna T210K (N8251M), Los Alamos, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The binding of the nose landing gear doors for undetermined reasons, resulting in the pilot having to make a nose gear up landing.

## Other reports on N8251M (2)

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

- [Accident 20201023017079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201023017079A), Oct 23, 2020: Cessna T210K (N8251M), Los Alamos, NM, Substantial damage. On October 23, 2020, at 2024 MDT, a Cessna 210K, N8251M, [privacy data omitted], Of santa fe, NM, landed gear up at Los Alamos airport (klam) on runway 27 in…
- [Incident 19801011073789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801011073789I), Oct 11, 1980: Cessna T210K (N8251M), Eagle Nest, NM, Minor damage. Failed to extend gear before landing.

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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