# Incident 20081017852119I: Cessna 210D, Fort Collins/L, CO, October 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2008, 17:40 local time
- Place: Fort Collins/L, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45VC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45VC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,188 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081017852119I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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