20251124019649I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210F · Port Aransas, TX · November 24, 2025

Date: November 24, 2025 · 17:56 local
Place: Port Aransas, TX
Airport: Mustang Beach
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6743R
Reported as: Cessna T210F
Reported engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot

N6743RRegistered now · Cessna T210FS/N T210-0143 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna T210F Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-CReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted A Cessna 210 being operated under part 91 by the privacy data omitted and pilot in command landed with the gear retracted at kras Port Aransas airport.

This inspector received the call on November 24, 2025. During the recorded conversation with the pilot, he stated that he had gotten distracted by looking in the wrong direction for the airport when he noticed it was in the opposite direction from where he was looking and failed/forgot to extend the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A CESSNA 210 BEING OPERATED UNDER PART 91 BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PILOT IN COMMAND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED AT KRAS PORT ARANSAS AIRPORT.

THIS INSPECTOR RECEIVED THE CALL ON NOVEMBER 24, 2025. DURING THE RECORDED CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT, HE STATED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN DISTRACTED BY LOOKING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR THE AIRPORT WHEN HE NOTICED IT WAS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM WHERE HE WAS LOOKING AND FAILED/FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.