# Accident 20201023017079A: Cessna T210K, Los Alamos, NM, October 23, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2020, 20:24 local time
- Place: Los Alamos, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8797° N, 106.2687° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8797&lon=-106.2687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8251M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8251M-2021-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,752 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201023017079A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 23, 2020, AT 2024 MDT, A CESSNA 210K, N8251M,

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OF SANTA FE, NM, LANDED GEAR UP AT LOS ALAMOS AIRPORT (KLAM) ON RUNWAY 27 IN LOS ALAMOS, NM, WHILE ON A PERSONAL

FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT

SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS SINGLE PASSENGER

EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN LOS ALAMOS, NM (KLAM)

ON OCTOBER 23, 2020 AT 1918 MDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR21LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA028), Oct 24, 2020: Cessna T210K (N8251M), Los Alamos, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in the airplane landing with the landing gear retracted.

## Other reports on N8251M (2)

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

- [Accident 20071028824319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071028824319A), Oct 28, 2007: Cessna T210K (N8251M), Los Alamos, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 28, 2007, at 1750 MDT, N8251M, a Cessna CE-210-T210K registered to the pilot, landed with the nose landing gear up and the main landing gear…
- [Incident 19801011073789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801011073789I), Oct 11, 1980: Cessna T210K (N8251M), Eagle Nest, NM, Minor damage. Failed to extend gear before landing.

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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