# Accident 20091121022559A: Cessna T210L, Santa Teresa, NM, November 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport: Dona Ana County At Santa Teres
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8714° N, 106.6734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Teresa, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8714&lon=-106.6734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1731X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1731X-2018-02-28) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 646 total, 163 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091121022559A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 21, 2009, 2009 AT 1030 MDT, A CESSNA CE-T210L, N1731X REGISTERED TO VICTOR D. KACH LANDED GEAR UP AT SANTA TERESA AIRPORT (5T6), NEW MEXICO.  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS OPERATIONG UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED BY OTHER AIRPORT TRAFFIC AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 5T6 EARLIER THE SAME DAY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1731X (2)

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

- [Incident 20030427016949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030427016949I), Apr 27, 2003: Cessna T210L (N1731X), Fredericksburg, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Airman states winds 330 @ 10 gusting to 17 when he arrived at ezf. First approach to runway 06 was high and he did a go-around. Second approach, he felt…
- [Incident 20020224006409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020224006409I), Feb 24, 2002: Cessna T210L (N1731X), Springfield, IL. (-23) On February 24, 2002 the appropriately rated and qualified pilot with 2 passengers departed mckinney (T31), Texas, on an IFR flight to Springfield, IL.…

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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