# Incident 20090516008759I: Cessna T210L, Paola, KS, May 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2009, 08:30 local time
- Place: Paola, KS
- Airport: Miami County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5406° N, 94.9202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI COUNTY (K81), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5406&lon=-94.9202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94202, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,610 total, 858 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090516008759I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON MAY 16TH, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 Z (0830 CDT), A PRIVATE PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT RESULTING FROM A GEAR-UP LANDING AT THE MIAMI COUNTY AIRPORT (K81), PAOLA, KANSAS.  THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT IS A CESSNA T-210-L, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE AIRMAN.  THE AIRMAN INDICATED THAT UPON ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 3, THE STRONG WINDS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT FARTHER SOUTH THAN ANTICIPATED, REQUIRING THE AIRMAN TO MAKE DRIFT CORRECTIONS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE SPACING FOR THE APPROACH AND LANDING.  ONCE ESTABLISHED ON FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 3, THE AIRMAN STATED THAT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FARTHER FROM THE RUNWAY AND AT A LOWER ALTITUDE THAN NORMAL, REQUIRING ADDITIONAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.  THE AIRMAN ADMITTEDLY FAIL TO MANAGE THE DISTRACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARRIVAL PHASE AND FAILED TO CONDUCT THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE GEAR-UP LANDING.  THE AIRMAN, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.  POST-INCIDENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS IN THE UP POSITION.

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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