# Incident 20230203000929I: Cessna P210N, Roundup, MT, February 3, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2023, 18:42 local time
- Place: Roundup, MT
- Airport: Roundup
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4750° N, 108.5434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROUNDUP (RPX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4750&lon=-108.5434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66WS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66WS) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230203000929I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20170131001579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170131001579I), Jan 31, 2017: Cessna P210N (N66WS), Scobey, MT, Minor damage. While maneuvering for landing the pilot selected the landing gear down. However, the right main failed to indicate down and locked. After failing to get the…
- [Incident 20150606008239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150606008239I), Jun 6, 2015: Cessna P210N (N66WS), Glasgow, MT, Minor damage. On 06 June 2015 N66WS had a nose gear collapse during landing at Glasgow International Airport. Aircraft was in VMC weather while practicing landings and…

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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