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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · Empire, NV · June 17, 2006

Date: June 17, 2006 · 10:50 local
Place: Empire, NV
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6441C
Reported as: Cessna T210N
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total150 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N6441CRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2021 · Cessna T210NS/N 21063889 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna T210N 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) At 10:50 PDT, the pilot reported that he was approaching the dry lake bed for a fly-by inspection with the flaps down and the landing gear up, intending to fly a full circular pattern and then land. He then saw a truck driving along the edge with no problem, at that time the pilot pulled the throttle back and landed. The aircraft slid to a stop in the dirt, staying upright. The pilot reported that he did not hear the landing gear warning horn sound. There was no fire. The occupants then departed the aircraft and surveyed the damage. The pilot reported the incident to AWP-6.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT 10:50 PDT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING THE DRY LAKE BED FOR A FLY-BY INSPECTION WITH THE FLAPS DOWN AND THE LANDING GEAR UP, INTENDING TO FLY A FULL CIRCULAR PATTERN AND THEN LAND. HE THEN SAW A TRUCK DRIVING ALONG THE EDGE WITH NO PROBLEM, AT THAT TIME THE PILOT PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK AND LANDED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP IN THE DIRT, STAYING UPRIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN SOUND. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE OCCUPANTS THEN DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND SURVEYED THE DAMAGE. THE PILOT REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO AWP-6.