# Incident 20230606011239I: Cessna T210N, Rutherfordton, NC, June 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2023, 17:32 local time
- Place: Rutherfordton, NC
- Airport: Rutherford Co - Marchman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4282° N, 81.9351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUTHERFORD COUNTY/MARCHMAN FLD (FQD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4282&lon=-81.9351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5490A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5490A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 6 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230606011239I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 06, 2023, THE PILOT WAS OPERATING PART 91 PERFORMING A R-NAV APPROACH INTO RUTHERFORDTON, NC AIRFIELD (FQD) WITH 1 PAX.  PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS TO ACCUMLATE FLIGHT TIME IN MAKE/MODEL AND PRACTICE "HOOD FLYING" IFR APPROACHES.  AS PILOT APPROACHED FINAL, PILOT RAN THROUGH A CUSTOMIZED CHECKLIST (NOT FROM THE MANUFACTURER) AND ASKED THE PAX TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THE GLIDESLOPE WAS CAPTURED TO REMIND THE PILOT TO EXTEND GEAR.  WHEN EVENT OCCURRED, BOTH PILOT AND PAX BECAME DISTRACTED FOCUSING ON THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE AUTOPILOT SYSTEM AND DID NOT DEPLOY AND/OR CONFIRM LANDING GEAR POSITION PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN RESULTING PROPELLER STRIKING THE RWY SURFACE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE.

TASK # T-EA68-FY23-1509.

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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