What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Mr. Charles howard tarski, a private pilot, was acting as pilot in command of a Cessna 210B, N9664X, on 2-19-2000, departing willows-glennco (wlw), willows, CA, to Visalia muni, Visalia, CA, when he landed gear up on runway 30 at the Visalia muni airport, Visalia, californai. The aircraft settled onto the runway stricking the propeller, damaging ti anc causing sudden stoppage, damaging the engine exhaust stacks and doing some belley skin damage. The aircraft remauned up right. There was no structural damage to the aircraft, thus classifying this as an incident. The gear up landing was a result of Mr. Tarski's failure to perform the appropriate prelanding check list per his own addmission.
As the FAA filed it
MR. CHARLES HOWARD TARSKI, A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A CESSNA 210B, N9664X, ON 2-19-2000, DEPARTING WILLOWS-GLENNCO (WLW), WILLOWS, CA, TO VISALIA MUNI, VISALIA, CA, WHEN HE LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 30 AT THE VISALIA MUNI AIRPORT, VISALIA, CALIFORNAI. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY STRICKING THE PROPELLER, DAMAGING TI ANC CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE, DAMAGING THE ENGINE EXHAUST STACKS AND DOING SOME BELLEY SKIN DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT REMAUNED UP RIGHT. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, THUS CLASSIFYING THIS AS AN INCIDENT. THE GEAR UP LANDING WAS A RESULT OF MR. TARSKI'S FAILURE TO PERFORM THE APPROPRIATE PRELANDING CHECK LIST PER HIS OWN ADDMISSION.
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