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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210M · Bullhead City, AZ · July 23, 2011

Date
July 23, 2011 · 10:12 local
Place
Bullhead City, AZ
Airport
Laughlin/Bullhead Internationa
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6436B
Reported as
Cessna T210M
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,300 total2,200 in this make and model45 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.

During the descent into the ifp airport terminal area, the pilot stated that he encountered strong turbulence. This turbulence caused him to become preoccupied with controlling the aircraft. As a result, he neglected to lower the landing gear during the approach-to-landing phase of flight and made an unintentional gear-up landing.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE DESCENT INTO THE IFP AIRPORT TERMINAL AREA, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG TURBULENCE. THIS TURBULENCE CAUSED HIM TO BECOME PREOCCUPIED WITH CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT. AS A RESULT, HE NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE APPROACH-TO-LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AND MADE AN UNINTENTIONAL GEAR-UP LANDING.