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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P210N · Roundup, MT · February 3, 2023

Date
February 3, 2023 · 18:42 local
Place
Roundup, MT
Airport
Roundup
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N66WS
Reported as
Cessna P210N
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
830 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On February 3, 2023, at 18:42 MST, a Cessna P210N, privacy data omittedpilot had a nose gear issue prior to landing. After several attempts to drop the nose gear to no avail, landed with the nose gear up, while on a CFR part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot was the only occupant and suffered no injuries. The flight originated from Roundup, Montana airport (rpx) at @1800 MST and was returning there at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 3, 2023, AT 18:42 MST, A CESSNA P210N, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT HAD A NOSE GEAR ISSUE PRIOR TO LANDING. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DROP THE NOSE GEAR TO NO AVAIL, LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP, WHILE ON A CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND SUFFERED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ROUNDUP, MONTANA AIRPORT (RPX) AT @1800 MST AND WAS RETURNING THERE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

Other reports on N66WS · 2

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