# Incident 20181020020439I: Cessna P210N, Nucla, CO, October 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2018, 10:30 local time
- Place: Nucla, CO
- Airport: Hopkins Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2390° N, 108.5628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOPKINS FLD (AIB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2390&lon=-108.5628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4500K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4500K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,395 total, 1,078 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/20181020020439I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING PILOT FAILED TO PUT DOWN THE LANDING GEAR AND SKID DOWN THE RUNWAY TO A STOP. HAD 5 POB. NO INJURIES NOTED.

## Other reports on N4500K (3)

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

- [Incident 19930505018519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930505018519I), May 5, 1993: Cessna P210N (N4500K), Boulder, CO, Minor damage. Pilot landed long and fast. Departed end of runway. Continued over a bank. Remained upright.
- [Accident 19870921055059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870921055059A), Sep 21, 1987: Cessna P210N (N4500K), Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near destination. Crash landed just short of a nearby airport runway. Had failed to fuel at stops.
- [Accident 19790221003369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790221003369A), Feb 21, 1979: Cessna P210N (N4500K), Mazatlan, Mexico, Substantial damage. Fuel exhausted on IFR flight plan. Emergency landing in a field. Aircraft nosed over.

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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