20060522006919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210L · Ft Worth, TX · May 22, 2006

Date: May 22, 2006 · 20:00 local
Place: Ft Worth, TX
Airport: Fort Worth Alliance Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N10419
Reported as: Cessna T210L
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total100 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N10419Registered now · Cessna T210LS/N T21061484 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna T210L Engine modelContinental TSIO-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 failed to lower the landing gear. Pilot stated that he had flown approximately 7 hours on the day of the accident. The flight was at low level on a hot day over the city of dallas. The pilot stated that the workload was significant throughout the day as he was at low level in the vicinity of dallas love field and that required constant contact with and negotiation with air traffic control. The purpose of the flight was drug surveillance. The approach and landing was made at or just after dusk. There was no co-pilot on the flight. An equipment operator was present in the rearmost seating area operating forward looking infrared equipment. The pilot stated that he had about 4,000 hours of experience in a Cessna 206 which has fixed landing gear but only had about 100 hours in the retractable gear CE-210. The pilot suggested that once he was fatigued that he reverted to his CE-206 experience and training and overlooked the gear warning horn. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD FLOWN APPROXIMATELY 7 HOURS ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS AT LOW LEVEL ON A HOT DAY OVER THE CITY OF DALLAS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WORKLOAD WAS SIGNIFICANT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS HE WAS AT LOW LEVEL IN THE VICINITY OF DALLAS LOVE FIELD AND THAT REQUIRED CONSTANT CONTACT WITH AND NEGOTIATION WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS DRUG SURVEILLANCE. THE APPROACH AND LANDING WAS MADE AT OR JUST AFTER DUSK. THERE WAS NO CO-PILOT ON THE FLIGHT. AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS PRESENT IN THE REARMOST SEATING AREA OPERATING FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED EQUIPMENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD ABOUT 4,000 HOURS OF EXPERIENCE IN A CESSNA 206 WHICH HAS FIXED LANDING GEAR BUT ONLY HAD ABOUT 100 HOURS IN THE RETRACTABLE GEAR CE-210. THE PILOT SUGGESTED THAT ONCE HE WAS FATIGUED THAT HE REVERTED TO HIS CE-206 EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING AND OVERLOOKED THE GEAR WARNING HORN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^