# Incident 20170826017549I: Cessna 210L, Madison, IN, August 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2017, 12:15 local time
- Place: Madison, IN
- Airport: Madison Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7599° N, 85.4647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADISON RGNL (IMS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7599&lon=-85.4647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29209, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29209) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 85 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/20170826017549I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 26, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A CESSNA 210L, N29209, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING A GEAR-UP LANDING AT THE MADISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (IMS) NEAR MADISON, INDIANA.

THE STUDENT PILOT OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT AND WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A STUDENT SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED OR REQUIRED.

THE PILOT DEPARTED CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT (JVY) WITH THE INTENTION OF CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO'S AT THE MADISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (IMS).  DURING TOUCHDOWN AT IMS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY, SKIDDED OFF THE SIDE, AND CAME TO REST ON THE ADJACENT SOD.

BASED ON TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS, THE PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N29209 (2)

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

- [Incident 20030103000429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030103000429I), Jan 3, 2003: Cessna 210L (N29209), Kansas City, MO. (-23) Just after becoming airborne the pilot did not feel the aircraft was producing normal power and was not climbing as expected. He elected to land back on…
- [Incident 19970207007769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970207007769I), Feb 7, 1997: Cessna 210L (N29209), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft landed with nose gear up. Pilot stated that during takeoff the landing gear retraction was normal. However, during landing, he did not get…

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.