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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210F · St Louis, MO · February 18, 1995

Date
February 18, 1995 · 10:00 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1821F
Reported as
Cessna 210F
Reported engine
Continental IO520K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total250 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: the non-instrument rated private pilot unintentionally landed gear-up on his first landing attempt during his first flight in several months in his own aircraft, after being distracted by control tower communications. While on downwind N1821F, being piloted by frank a. conard, owner, sole occupant, and pilot-in-command, was instructed by sus ATCT to extend downwind for traffic. When cleared for a touch and go landing, N1821F was also advised there would be one departure before his arrival, as the tower taxied another aircraft onto the runway for takeoff. These distraction sufficiently interrupted Mr. Conard's established habit pattern that he failed to lower the aircraft's landing gear, landed gear-up, and caused minor damage to the belly skin, antennas, and propeller of N1821F. privacy data omitted Incident closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT UNINTENTIONALLY LANDED GEAR-UP ON HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT DURING HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN SEVERAL MONTHS IN HIS OWN AIRCRAFT, AFTER BEING DISTRACTED BY CONTROL TOWER COMMUNICATIONS. WHILE ON DOWNWIND N1821F, BEING PILOTED BY FRANK A. CONARD, OWNER, SOLE OCCUPANT, AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND, WAS INSTRUCTED BY SUS ATCT TO EXTEND DOWNWIND FOR TRAFFIC. WHEN CLEARED FOR A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, N1821F WAS ALSO ADVISED THERE WOULD BE ONE DEPARTURE BEFORE HIS ARRIVAL, AS THE TOWER TAXIED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF. THESE DISTRACTION SUFFICIENTLY INTERRUPTED MR. CONARD'S ESTABLISHED HABIT PATTERN THAT HE FAILED TO LOWER THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR, LANDED GEAR-UP, AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY SKIN, ANTENNAS, AND PROPELLER OF N1821F. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.