# Incident 20110812018099I: Cessna T210M, Westminster, MD, August 12, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2011, 18:58 local time
- Place: Westminster, MD
- Airport: Carroll County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5792° N, 77.0067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westminster, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5792&lon=-77.0067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761TY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N761TY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 556 total, 30 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110812018099I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 12, 2011, AIRCRAFT N761TY DEPARTED FROM BRANDYWINE HEADED TO MANASSAS.  THE PILOT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  WHILE ENROUTE, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER, AND LOSS OF RADIO COMMUNICATION.  USING A HANDHELD RADIO, HE WAS ABLE TO CONTACT ATC AND WAS ADVISED TO LAND AT THE CLOSEST AIRPORT, WHICH WAS CARROLL COUNTY REGIONAL (DMW), WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.  LOCAL TRAFFIC WAS NOTIFIED OF THE EMERGENCY.  ON APPROACHING DMW, THE PILOT LOWERED THE GEAR, AND COULD HEAR THE GEAR DOORS OPENING, BUT THERE WERE NO GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS DUE TO THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER.  HE ABORTED HIS LANDING WHEN HE REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN, BUT THE AIRCRAFT LOW ENOUGH THAT THE PROPELLOR AND GEAR DOORS STRUCK THE RUNWAY.  HE THEN PUMPED THE GEAR DOWN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N761TY (1)

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

- [Incident 20230404003039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230404003039I), Apr 4, 2023: Cessna T210M (N761TY), Manassas, VA, Minor damage. PIC stated that on final approach, the gear indicator was green and that the gear was down according to the wing mirrors. On landing flare he heard a scraping…

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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