# Incident 20040401014239I: Cessna 210L, Bluffton, OH, April 1, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Bluffton, OH
- Airport: Bluffton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8854° N, 83.8686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUFFTON (5G7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8854&lon=-83.8686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93948, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93948-2013-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 54,000 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040401014239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 2, 2004 AT 1430, MR. DAMSCHRODER WAS PILOTING N93948, A CESSNA 210, FROM FREMONT, OHIO TO BLUFFTON, OHIO. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO HAVE THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN SYSTEM ADJUSTED AT THE BLUFFTON AIRPORT (5G7). THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER AND HE HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. DURING THE DESCENT TO (5G7), THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED. THE PASSENGER STATED HE ASKED THE PIC IF THE GEAR SHOULD BE LOWERED, AND THE PIC REPLIED THAT HE WOULD WAIT UNTIL THEY WERE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LOWER THE GEAR. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PIC STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION FROM THE RIGHT SEAT, WHILE ENCOUNTERING STRONG CROSSWINDS. THE DISTRACTION CAUSED THE PIC TO NEGLECT LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS SOUNDING. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RUNWAY 5, IN A GEAR-UP CONDITION. THERE WAS NO POST FIRE OR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N93948 (1)

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

- [Incident 19791018052949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791018052949I), Oct 18, 1979: Cessna 210L (N93948), Toledo, OH, Minor damage. Pilot unable to extend the gear due to rusted and bent retract solenoid plunger, pn 9881201-1.

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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