# Incident 20230714014189I: Cessna T210N, Taos, NM, July 14, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2023, 10:10 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3871° N, 105.5808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taos, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3871&lon=-105.5808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4747C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4747C) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230714014189I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 14, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1010 MDT, A CESSNA T210N WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT THE TAOS, NM, REGIONAL AIRPORT, KSKX. WHILE ON A VFR VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22, THE PILOT ADMITTED TO FAILING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, AND THE PILOT LANDED GEAR UP. NO FAA FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE TAOS AIRPORT, KSKX, AND WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FAA COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N4747C (1)

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

- [Accident 19800103000669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800103000669A), Jan 3, 1980: Cessna T210N (N4747C), Palo Alto, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Tried to make nearby airport. Landed short. Found defective fuel pump. Did not use auxiliary pump.

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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