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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · Santa Ana, CA · March 16, 2005

Date: March 16, 2005 · 13:37 local
Place: Santa Ana, CA
Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6976N
Reported as: Cessna T210N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,840 total1,750 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N6976NRegistered now · Cessna T210NS/N 21063185 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna T210N Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The flight originated from visalia, CA (vis). Upon arrival at Santa Ana, CA (sna) the pilot was being vectored for landing due to ATC handling an emergency at sna. The pilot stated that while being vectored, he became concerned about an unusually low reading on the aircraft TIT gauge and his attention to procedures was distracted. When he was cleared for landing from an unusually high traffic pattern altitude, he maintained higher than normal engine power and used the aircraft speed brakes for a rapid descent and during the landing roundout, he forgot to put the landing gear down, which resulted in the aircraft landing with the landing gear retracted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM VISALIA, CA (VIS). UPON ARRIVAL AT SANTA ANA, CA (SNA) THE PILOT WAS BEING VECTORED FOR LANDING DUE TO ATC HANDLING AN EMERGENCY AT SNA. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE BEING VECTORED, HE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT AN UNUSUALLY LOW READING ON THE AIRCRAFT TIT GAUGE AND HIS ATTENTION TO PROCEDURES WAS DISTRACTED. WHEN HE WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING FROM AN UNUSUALLY HIGH TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE, HE MAINTAINED HIGHER THAN NORMAL ENGINE POWER AND USED THE AIRCRAFT SPEED BRAKES FOR A RAPID DESCENT AND DURING THE LANDING ROUNDOUT, HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.