20021212035789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210L · Eloy, AZ · December 12, 2002

Date: December 12, 2002 · 18:41 local
Place: Eloy, AZ
Airport: Eloy Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N93351
Reported as: Cessna T210L
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,422 total466 in this make and model46 in the last 90 days

N93351Registration cancelled Mar 25, 2010 · Cessna T210LS/N 21060373 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna T210L Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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) Airman departed Eloy (E60) with minimum fuel for scottsdale (sdl). During climbout, while in a nose-high attitude, airman states the engine "sputtered." He immediately switched fuel tanks and the engine cleared up. He then decided to return for landing instead of continuing on to sdl. He states he made a tight pattern and on short final realized he was high and fast and when he reduced power to idle he received what he though was the stall warning horn (now realizes it was actually gear warning horn) and decided to go around. The next pattern he states was normal, however when he reduced the power, he again received the warning horn and assumed it was a problem with the stall warning horn and inadvertently landed with the gear up.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN DEPARTED ELOY (E60) WITH MINIMUM FUEL FOR SCOTTSDALE (SDL). DURING CLIMBOUT, WHILE IN A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE, AIRMAN STATES THE ENGINE "SPUTTERED." HE IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND THE ENGINE CLEARED UP. HE THEN DECIDED TO RETURN FOR LANDING INSTEAD OF CONTINUING ON TO SDL. HE STATES HE MADE A TIGHT PATTERN AND ON SHORT FINAL REALIZED HE WAS HIGH AND FAST AND WHEN HE REDUCED POWER TO IDLE HE RECEIVED WHAT HE THOUGH WAS THE STALL WARNING HORN (NOW REALIZES IT WAS ACTUALLY GEAR WARNING HORN) AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND. THE NEXT PATTERN HE STATES WAS NORMAL, HOWEVER WHEN HE REDUCED THE POWER, HE AGAIN RECEIVED THE WARNING HORN AND ASSUMED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STALL WARNING HORN AND INADVERTENTLY LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP.