What happened
On January 10, 2009, a Cessna T210L, registration N211LC, departed from Albuquerque, NM, under visual meteorological conditions with 50 miles of visibility and winds from 340 degrees at 7 knots. Shortly after takeoff and after the landing gear had been retracted, the pilot discovered that the tow bar had not been removed from the nose landing gear.
Following several unsuccessful attempts to extend the nose landing gear, the pilot decided to retract the main landing gear and execute a gear-up landing. The aircraft sustained damage to the fuselage and the right aileron. There were no injuries resulting from the accident.