20081002849159I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · Fitchburg, MA · October 2, 2008

Date: October 2, 2008 · 08:30 local
Place: Fitchburg, MA
Airport: Fitchburg Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6119A
Reported as: Cessna T210N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,512 total172 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N6119ARegistered now · Cessna T210NS/N 21063502 · Built 1979 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) The pilot stated: "I was attempting a power off landing for the first time solo. So the gear and flap handling was different than usual. I became focused on making the runway so much that I forgot to lower the gear." Signed statement is attached. During my interview,the pilot said he lowered the flaps to 10 degrees and landed at about 80 knots. He did not recall hearing the gear warning horn. During aircraft recovery from runway 32 by privacy data omitted at twin city airomotive located in Fitchburg, he said: "the gear horn was sounding before lowering the gear."

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED: "I WAS ATTEMPTING A POWER OFF LANDING FOR THE FIRST TIME SOLO. SO THE GEAR AND FLAP HANDLING WAS DIFFERENT THAN USUAL. I BECAME FOCUSED ON MAKING THE RUNWAY SO MUCH THAT I FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR." SIGNED STATEMENT IS ATTACHED. DURING MY INTERVIEW,THE PILOT SAID HE LOWERED THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES AND LANDED AT ABOUT 80 KNOTS. HE DID NOT RECALL HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN. DURING AIRCRAFT RECOVERY FROM RUNWAY 32 BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT TWIN CITY AIROMOTIVE LOCATED IN FITCHBURG, HE SAID: "THE GEAR HORN WAS SOUNDING BEFORE LOWERING THE GEAR."