# Incident 19951222045159I: Cessna T210N, Newport, VT, December 22, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1995, 20:50 local time
- Place: Newport, VT
- Airport: Newport State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9369° N, 72.2112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9369&lon=-72.2112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4620Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4620Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951222045159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PART 91 FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER IFR, NIGHT CONDITIONS FROM MORRISTOWN, NJ (MMU) TO NEWPORT, VT (EFK). THE PILOT MADE AN NDB APPROACH FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT EFK. HE ENCOUNTERED LIGHT ICING CONDITIONS AS HE DESCENDED THROUGH THE CLOUDS. HE WAS SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT THE ICE BUILD-UP ON THE WING LEADING EDGES. THE BOOTS WERE OPERATING BUT THE ICE WAS BUILDING UP BEYOND THE RANGE OF MILES VISIBILITY. HE BROKE OUT OF THE OVERCAST AT 2000 FEET AND HAD 5 TO 10 MILES VISIBILITY. HE IDENTIFIED THE AIRPORT AND IMMEDIATELY DID A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 36(THIN LAYER OF SNOW AND ICE ON RUNWAY). THE PILOT ADMITS THAT HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH PROP AND RELATIVELY MINOR BELLY DAMAGE. HE HAD THREE OF HIS CHILDREN ONBOARD (AGES 4, 12 & 13), THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4620Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19830718043379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830718043379I), Jul 18, 1983: Cessna T210N (N4620Y), Robert Lee, TX, Minor damage. Engine started missing. Emergency landing downwind. Blew tires stopping. Nr 2 cylinder cracked. Nr 4 cylinder damaged

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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