# Incident 20250522005799I: Cessna 210, Porthill, ID, May 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2025, 11:15 local time
- Place: Porthill, ID
- Airport: Eckhart International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9905° N, 116.5021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ECKHART INTL (1S1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9905&lon=-116.5021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9664T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9664T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 694 total, 21 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250522005799I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED " I HAD TAKEN OFF FROM AN AG STRIP ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF PORTHILL, AND AS I RAN MY DEPARTURE FLOW AND BROUGHT THE GEAR UP, I REALIZED THAT I SHOULD HAVE JUST LEFT IT DOWN. HAD I BRIEFED THE DEPARTURE BETTER, I WOULD HAVE NOT BROUGHT THE GEAR UP. AS I LEVELED OFF AT 1000 FEET AGL, I WAS DISTRACTED BY THE DIFFICULTY OF SEEING THE AIRPORT THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, SINCE IT IS A GRASS STRIP IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUNCH OF FIELDS. WHEN I SPOTTED THE RUNWAY, THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS A POWER LINE AND SOME TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF 33 THAT I WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IF I NEEDED TO DO A GO-AROUND. I REALIZED I WAS GOING TO BE HIGH IF I DIDN'T GET THE FLAPS IN, SO I DEPLOYED THE FLAPS AND RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO NEAR IDLE. I DID NOT HEAR A GEAR WARNING HORN. I LEFT THE THROTTLE IN THIS POSITION FOR THE REST OF THE APPROACH AND LANDING. AS I APPROACHED THE RUNWAY, ALL MY FOCUS WAS ON MAINTAINING CENTERLINE AND EXECUTING A SOFT FIELD LANDING. AS I WAS INCREASING BACK PRESSURE TO HOLD THE AIRPLANE OFF THE RUNWAY, I HEARD WHAT I ASSUMED WAS THE STALL WARNING HORN, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE TAIL TOUCHING DOWN AND A GREATER DROP THAN I WAS EXPECTING. THE AIRPLANE SLID ON IT'S BELLY FOR ABOUT 230 FEET AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE CENTERLINE."

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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