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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210M · Perkasie, PA · November 2, 2003

Date: November 2, 2003 · 17:30 local
Place: Perkasie, PA
Airport: Pennridge Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N732NC
Reported as: Cessna 210M
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,030 total1,500 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N732NCRegistered now · Cessna 210MS/N 21061635 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 210M Engine modelContinental IO-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) Pilot stated he was doing takeoffs and landings at Pennridge Airport (N70), Perkasie, PA, with a passenger on board. On the final landing, pilot thought he had checked the cockpit landing gear indicators and they were down. The pilot's wife on the ground said she thought the gear doors were open, but the gear was not down. Landing gear was up and the pilot did not know it. As a result, he landed gear-up.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS DOING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT PENNRIDGE AIRPORT (N70), PERKASIE, PA, WITH A PASSENGER ON BOARD. ON THE FINAL LANDING, PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD CHECKED THE COCKPIT LANDING GEAR INDICATORS AND THEY WERE DOWN. THE PILOT'S WIFE ON THE GROUND SAID SHE THOUGHT THE GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN, BUT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. LANDING GEAR WAS UP AND THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW IT. AS A RESULT, HE LANDED GEAR-UP.