# Incident 20021212035789I: Cessna T210L, Eloy, AZ, December 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2002, 18:41 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Eloy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93351, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93351-2010-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,422 total, 466 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021212035789I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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