# Accident 20050613026489A: Cessna 210, Watsonville, CA, June 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2005, 11:30 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9457T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9457T-2007-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050613026489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 12, 2005, APPROX 1130 PDT, CESSNA 210, N9457T LANDED AT WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (WVI), WATSONVILLE, CA WITH IT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. UPON ENTERING THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING THE PILOT/OWNER SUPPOSEDLY PUT THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. AFTER DOING SO, THE PILOT STATED HE NOTICED THE SINGLE GREEN LANDING GEAR ENUNCIATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. DUE TO HIGH LEVEL TRAFFIC AT THE TIME, THE PILOT DID NOT LOOK INTO THE WING MOUNTED MIRRORS TO VISUALLY CHECK IF THE LANDING GEAR HAD IN FACT DEPLOYED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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