20081204851759I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210L · Sanford, NC · December 4, 2008

Date
December 4, 2008 · 12:30 local
Place
Sanford, NC
Airport
Sanford-Lee County Regional
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1696X
Reported as
Cessna 210L
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,850 total1,200 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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 returned to tta and remained in the traffic pattern after learning that the landing gear would not go down. After burning off fuel the pilot made a power off, gear up landing on runway 21 with minimal damage to the under side of the aircraft. The propeller had windmilled and struck the runway and curled the propeller tips.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT RETURNED TO TTA AND REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AFTER LEARNING THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN. AFTER BURNING OFF FUEL THE PILOT MADE A POWER OFF, GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 21 WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDER SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER HAD WINDMILLED AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND CURLED THE PROPELLER TIPS.