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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · Van Nuys, CA · May 9, 2002

Date
May 9, 2002 · 15:50 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N19LB
Reported as
Cessna T210N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,858 total1,250 in this make and model18 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.

(-23) The pilot was distracted by looking for traffic and being requested to extend his downwind while looking for traffic. The gear warning horn and warning light as installed were inoperative on this airplane, verified by post incident testing. The pilot failed to select gear down on approach and the aircraft was landed gear up. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC AND BEING REQUESTED TO EXTEND HIS DOWNWIND WHILE LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC. THE GEAR WARNING HORN AND WARNING LIGHT AS INSTALLED WERE INOPERATIVE ON THIS AIRPLANE, VERIFIED BY POST INCIDENT TESTING. THE PILOT FAILED TO SELECT GEAR DOWN ON APPROACH AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^