# Incident 20230506005899I: Cessna T210L, Dover, DE, May 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2023, 16:20 local time
- Place: Dover, DE
- Airport: Delaware Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2187° N, 75.6005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAWARE AIRPARK (33N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2187&lon=-75.6005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2384S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2384S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,874 total, 1,405 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230506005899I

## Narrative

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

UPON RETURNING FROM MOUNT POCONO AIRPORT (KMPO), THE PRIVATE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CE-T210L, ANNOUNCED ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY AT DELAWARE AIRPARK (33N) THAT HE WAS INBOUND AND WOULD ENTER A DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 09.  HE STATED HE HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WERE USING RUNWAY 27; HOWEVER, THE PILOT OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT INDICATED HE WOULD ALSO ENTER A DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 09 BEHIND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTINUED HIS APPROACH AND STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE OTHER TRAFFIC ON HIS GPS.  AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ITS TOUCHDOWN WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP, THE PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SLID FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND RESTED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

WRITTEN STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE AIRMAN INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN ACTIVATE AND HEARD A "POPPING SOUND"; HOWEVER, POST-INCIDENT FUNCTIONAL CHECKS INDICATED NO DEFECTS FOUND WITH THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN OR SYSTEM.

NOTE:  THIS INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.  THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED WHEN FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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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