# Incident 20241004013419I: Cessna 210L, Midland, TX, October 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2024, 14:00 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0365° N, 102.1015° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDLAND AIRPARK (MDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0365&lon=-102.1015&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 439 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241004013419I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 4, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 210L AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 07 AT THE MIDLAND AIRPARK AIRPORT (KMDD) WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVIED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE CORPORATION AND WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PRIVATE PART 91 FLIGHT.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS VFR WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 8000FT AND WIDS FROM 070 AT 12KTS.

## Other reports on N210DC (2)

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

- [Incident 19811210084989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811210084989I), Dec 10, 1981: Cessna 210L (N210DC), Ness City, KS, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear when he landed at Ness City.
- [Incident 19810626054529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810626054529I), Jun 26, 1981: Cessna 210L (N210DC), Ft Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Unable gear down. Landed wheels up on sod adjacent to runway. Beleive gear hydraulic valve malfunctioned.

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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