# Incident 20260225001939I: Cessna 210M, Cleveland, OH, February 25, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2026, 19:47 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cuyahoga County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5646° N, 81.4872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUYAHOGA COUNTY (CGF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5646&lon=-81.4872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N707ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,522 total, 50 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260225001939I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS THE SOLO PERSON ON BOARD AND THE PIC TUESDAY NIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00PM AND THE MISHAP OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT CUYAHOGA COUNTY AIRPORT (KCGF) RUNWAY 24. PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE TOO HIGH, AND HE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND DIVERTED TO LAKE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KLNN) RUNWAY 28 AFTER HE KNEW HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT-WING TIP. PILOT WAS AWARE HE SCRAPPED HIS RIGHT-WING TIP DURING HIS LANDING ATTEMPT AT KCGF BUT WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF HIS PROP STRIKES AT THE TIME. PILOT REPORTED THAT "THE AIRCRAFT FLEW NICE AFTER" THE WINGTIP AND PROP STRIKE.  PILOT STATED HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE AIRCRAFT OWNER ONCE HE DISCOVERED THE PROP STRIKES DURING AIRCRAFT TIE-DOWN WHILE HE WAS INVESTIGATING THE RIGHT-WING TIP.  HE CHECKED HIS PHONE LOG, AND IT SHOWED HIS CALL TO THE OWNER WAS AT 8:17PM TO INFORM HIM OF THE INCIDENT.  PILOT STATED HE SUFFERED NO INJURIES. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE LANDING GEAR POSITION FOR THE LANDING ATTEMPT AT KCGF BEING UP OR DOWN HE STATED IT WAS DOWN AND HE LEFT IT DOWN FOR THE FLIGHT TO KLNN "BECAUSE IT WAS ONE LESS THING TO REMEMBER". PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT AT KCGF, BUT HE HAD TO "HOLD A CRAB IN ALL THE WAY DOWN THE APPROACH FOR HIS LANDING ATTEMPT. PILOT CALLED ME ON 2MAR26 TO CONFIRM THAT HE DID NOT STRIKE THE RIGHT-WING TIP AND PROPS ON TAXIWAY A3 BUT MUST HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH RUNWAY 24 JUST PRIOR THE TAXIWAY A3.

## Other reports on N707ER (2)

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

- [Incident 19850325011789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850325011789I), Mar 25, 1985: Cessna 210M (N707ER), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Forgot to extend gear for landing. Distracted by traffic.
- [Incident 19840119009529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840119009529I), Jan 19, 1984: Cessna 210M (N707ER), Denton, TX. Engine quit en route. Landed on a freeway. Engine had two holes in the crankcase from broken connecting rods.

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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