# Incident 20150321005099I: Cessna T210F, Tucson, AZ, March 21, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2015, 14:50 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6106R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6106R-2023-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210F (registry code 2073422, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 180 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150321005099I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT MADE A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF AND CLIMBED QUICKLY TO PATTERN ALTITUDE.  HE HAD RETRACTED THE GEAR AND TURNED UPWIND AND WAS THINKING OF HOW HE WAS GOING TO SIMULATE A PRACTICE APPROACH INTO KEARNEY AIRPORT.  DURING HIS DOWN -WIND APPROACH INTO RYAN AIRPORT, ATC INFORMED HIM IT WAS CLEAR TO LAND ONTO RUNWAY 6 RIGHT.   DURING HIS MISSED APPROACH HE HAD FAILED TO CONDUCT HIS FIRST GUMP CHECK.  THEN WHILE HE WAS CONDUCTING HIS SHORT BASE AND FINAL FOR A SHORT, STEEP APPROACH INTO RYAN AIRPORT, HE HAD MISSED THE CENTER LINE FOR RUNWAY 6 RIGHT AND WAS FIFTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE RUNWAY WITH RUNWAY 6 LEFT IN USE.  HE THEN HAD TO QUICKLY CORRECT  TO LINE UP ONTO CENTER OF RUNWAY 6 RIGHT AND WHILE DOING SO FORGOT  TO EXTEND THE GEAR FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N6106R (1)

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

- [Incident 19810603040349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810603040349I), Jun 3, 1981: Cessna T210F (N6106R), Reyton, CO, Minor damage. Pilot encounter marginal VFR and landed on road because of low fuel. Pilot forgot to lower gear.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.