# Accident 20031016026539A: Cessna 210G, Meeker, CO, October 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2003, 17:15 local time
- Place: Meeker, CO
- Airport: Meeker Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0358° N, 107.8839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0358&lon=-107.8839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5915F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5915F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210G (registry code 2073430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,453 total, 98 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031016026539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT APPROACHED THE MEEKER AIRPORT (EEO) FROM THE NORTH OVER A MOUNTAIN RANGE AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FEET. REDUCED POWER, APPLIED FLAPS, AND ELECTED TO WAIT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN DUE TO ABOVE AVERAGE ALTITUDE DESCENT RATE ON APPROACH INTO THE AIRPORT PATTERN. THE PILOT DID NOT USE THE CHECK LIST, AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN04LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA013), Oct 16, 2003: Cessna 210G (N5915F), Meeker, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the pilots failure to recognize the gear warning horn during the landing flare.

## Other reports on N5915F (1)

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

- [Incident 19950118005229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950118005229I), Jan 18, 1995: Cessna 210G (N5915F), Kingston, NY. Narrative: on January 18, 1995 at 0830 while enroute from jaffray, NH to wings, pa IFR @ 6000', the engine made a loud pop and began to shake. Power was…

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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