# Incident 20081204851759I: Cessna 210L, Sanford, NC, December 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2008, 12:30 local time
- Place: Sanford, NC
- Airport: Sanford-Lee County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4799° N, 79.1803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4799&lon=-79.1803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1696X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1696X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,850 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081204851759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT RETURNED TO TTA AND REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AFTER LEARNING THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN.  AFTER BURNING OFF FUEL THE PILOT MADE A POWER OFF, GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 21 WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDER SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PROPELLER HAD WINDMILLED AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND CURLED THE PROPELLER TIPS.

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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