# Incident 20251229020619I: Cessna 210D, Liberal, KS, December 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2025, 13:33 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0461° N, 100.9277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberal, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0461&lon=-100.9277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3791Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3791Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 16 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251229020619I

## Narrative

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

WHILE EN ROUTE TO LIBERAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LBL) TO PICK UP A RELATIVE, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, RESULTING IN A BELLY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ALONG THE RUNWAY UNTIL COMING TO A STOP.

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL, THE SEWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE AIRPORT MANAGER RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED.

BASED ON THE PILOT’S STATEMENT, EXAMINATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED BY THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL, AND A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, THE INCIDENT WAS CONCLUDED TO BE PRIMARILY THE RESULT OF PILOT ERROR DUE TO FAILURE TO DEPLOY THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT A CHECKLIST WAS NOT BEING USED DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING PHASE OF THE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N3791Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19751110035769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751110035769A), Nov 10, 1975: Cessna 210D (N3791Y), Substantial damage

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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