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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210D · Fort Collins/L, CO · October 17, 2008

Date: October 17, 2008 · 17:40 local
Place: Fort Collins/L, CO
Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N45VC
Reported as: Cessna 210D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,188 total2,000 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

N45VCRegistered now · Cessna 210DS/N 21058282 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCessna 210D Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted reports he was practicing short-field landings at kfnl. He had completed two when he started to leave the pattern. He then changed his mind and returned for one more practice short-field landing. He was distracted by a helicopter entering the pattern while on downwind leg and forgot to lower his landing gear prior to touchdown. privacy data omitted Has listed several corrective action/strategies he plans to install/use to prevent this from happening again.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTS HE WAS PRACTICING SHORT-FIELD LANDINGS AT KFNL. HE HAD COMPLETED TWO WHEN HE STARTED TO LEAVE THE PATTERN. HE THEN CHANGED HIS MIND AND RETURNED FOR ONE MORE PRACTICE SHORT-FIELD LANDING. HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A HELICOPTER ENTERING THE PATTERN WHILE ON DOWNWIND LEG AND FORGOT TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS LISTED SEVERAL CORRECTIVE ACTION/STRATEGIES HE PLANS TO INSTALL/USE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.