# Accident 20231113022489A: Cessna 210A, Frederick, MD, November 13, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2023, 08:00 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4167° N, 77.3727° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4167&lon=-77.3727&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9515X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9515X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231113022489A

## Narrative

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

PIC APPROACHED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23; PIC ACTIVATED THE GEAR DOWN LEVER, BUT DID NOT CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS DOWN; CONTINUED TO LAND; PIC DID NOT REALIZE UNTIL TOO LATE THAT THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND.

THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE SKIN/SURFACES OF THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT; NO BUCKLING OR DISTORTION OF THE FUSELAGE; THE 3 PROPELLER BLADES WERE ALL CURLED AFTWARDS; THE COWL FLAPS APPEARED UNDAMAGED; THE EXHAUST STACKS APPEAR INTACT; NO OTHER DAMAGE OBSERVED OR REPORTED AT THIS TIME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA037), Nov 13, 2023: Cessna 210 (N9515X), Frederick, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of a hydraulic filter, which preluded normal extension of the landing gear. Also causal was the pilot’s failure to confirm that he landing gear was extended before landing, which resulted…

## Other reports on N9515X (1)

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

- [Incident 20091012050259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091012050259I), Oct 12, 2009: Cessna 210A (N9515X), Indian Head, MD, Minor damage. Pilot landed the aircraft with the landing gear in the retracted position.

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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