# Incident 20220221002429I: Cessna 210D, Fayetteville, NC, February 21, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2022, 10:19 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Airport: Fayetteville Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0527° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0527&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3950Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3950Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,387 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220221002429I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AND PILOT NOTICED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT BUT ABOUT HALF WAY UP IT DROPPED BACK DOWN AND WAS DANGLING. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE THE GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE GEAR UP EXCEPT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ON RUNWAY 4 AT KFAY.

## Other reports on N3950Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19910701058119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910701058119I), Jul 1, 1991: Cessna 210D (N3950Y), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Pilot blew a tire on landing rollout.
- [Incident 19850126024179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850126024179I), Jan 26, 1985: Cessna 210D (N3950Y), Gary, IN, Minor damage. Check pilot raised gear after touch and go. Landed gear up next landing. Gear warning horn had broken wire.

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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