# Incident 19990516018959I: Cessna T210M, Destin, FL, May 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1999, 16:18 local time
- Place: Destin, FL
- Airport: Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4813° N, 86.5158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4813&lon=-86.5158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5315C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5315C-2019-02-06) (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 T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,151 total, 326 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990516018959I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE PILOT OF N5315L STATED HE WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 14 AT DESTIN, FL. WHEN HE HEARD AND FELT SOMETHING UNUSUAL; SO HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.  HE REDUCED THE POWER AND HELD BACK PRESSURE UNTIL THE PROP AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AND WAS DEPLANED THE PILOT STATED HE NOTICED THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD THE GEAR DOWN ON FRIDAY WHEN HE LANDED AND HAD NO IDEA HOW THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE UP POSITION.  AFTER THE INCIDENT THE PILOT REVIEWED THE ELECTRONIC CHECK LIST THAT HE HAS BEEN USING AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE CHECKING THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE PREFLIGHT CHECK LIST.  REVIEWING THE LANDING GEAR SCHEMATIC REVEALED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN AND GEAR LIGHT ARE NOT INTERCONNECTED TO THE GEAR HANDLE, THUS THE PILOT HADNO WARNING THAT HE HAD A DISAGREEMENT WITH THE GEAR HANDLE PRIOR TO TAKE OFF.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N5315C (1)

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

- [Incident 20031202032489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031202032489I), Dec 2, 2003: Cessna T210N (N5315C), Baton Rouge, LA, Minor damage. (-23) The technical factor of this incident involved a gear up landing of the aircraft. The primary operational factor of this incident was pilot induced. The…

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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