# Incident 19961219044279I: Cessna 210J, Fallbrook, CA, December 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Fallbrook, CA
- Airport: Fallbrook Community Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3547° N, 117.2503° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALLBROOK COMMUNITY AIRPARK (L18), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3547&lon=-117.2503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6194F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961219044279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 19, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 PST, PAUL T. WILKERSON LANDED N6194F, A CESSNA 210J, AT THE FALLBROOK, CALIFORNIA AIRPORT (L18) AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND THAT THERE WAS NO RELATED MAINTENANCE DISCREPANCY. WILKERSON, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED, NO FIRE RESULTED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN, ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE, AND THE PROPELLER. DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERED MINOR. THIS INCIDENT WAS COORDINATED WITH THE NTSB AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION DUTY OFFICER. AN ON SITE MAINTENANCE FACILITY DETERMINED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND WARNING HORN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FEELS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR INVOLVED AN OCCURRENCE THAT HE PREVIOUSLY HAD AT THIS AIRPORT WHEN HE WAS ORALLY ADMONISHED BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER FOR USING THE OPPOSING RUNWAY 18, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO OVER FLY A PRIVATE GOLF COURSE. HE INDICATED THAT HE WAS CONCENTRATING TOO MUCH ON THIS AND NOT ON HIS LANDING. THE PILOT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN IS NOT WIRED TO TRANSMIT THROUGH HIS HEADSET. THIS INCIDENT WAS REFERRED TO THE OPERATIONS UNIT AND TO THE OFFICE SPM, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A NEAR MID AIR COLLISION OR A PILOT DEVIATION.

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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