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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210A · Montrose, CO · September 1, 2012

Date
September 1, 2012 · 08:15 local
Place
Montrose, CO
Airport
Montrose Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6620X
Reported as
Cessna 210A
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total1,500 in this make and model20 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.

While entering the pattern, the pilot believed there was another aircraft in the pattern. In his attempt to locate the pattern and keep spacing from the ups aircraft ahead, the pilot broke his landing procedures which lead to failing to lower the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ENTERING THE PATTERN, THE PILOT BELIEVED THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE PATTERN AND KEEP SPACING FROM THE UPS AIRCRAFT AHEAD, THE PILOT BROKE HIS LANDING PROCEDURES WHICH LEAD TO FAILING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.