What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On may 01, 2013 at 07:40, a Cessna P210N N731NR was involved in a gear up landing incident while attempting to land on runway 8R. The pilot was the only soul onboard the aircraft and was not injured. The aircraft was on a CFR part 91 flight in VMC conditions. The aircraft departed saint Louis Spirit of st. Louis airport (ksus), stopped for fuel at saint charles smartt airport (kset). The aircraft was fueled and departed (kset) enroute back to (ksus) prior to the gear up landing incident. The pilot stated he put the gear handle in the gear down postion, but did not verify the gear down indicator illumination prior to the gear up landing.
On may 02, 2013, a landing gear swing was performed by maintenance personnel. The landing gear hydraluic power pack circuit breaker was pushed in. The gear handle was lifted to the gear up position. The landing gear transitioned from the gear down position to the gear up position. The throttle gear up red warning light was audible and the gear up warning horn was tested by retarding the throttle. The warning horn operated and was audible. The landing gear handle was placed in the gear down position and the landing gear transitioned to the down position. This was repeated 3 times with no abnormalities noted. An emergency landing gear down procedure was performed. The landing gear circuit breaker was pulled and the landing gear handle was put to the gear down position. The landing gear transitioned towards the down position. The landing gear was then pumped down with the emergency landing gear hand pump handle. There was a green landing gear down light indication when the gear reached the down position. The landing gear circuit breaker was pushed back in. The landing gear was transitioned from down to up 2 more times with no abnormalities.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 01, 2013 AT 07:40, A CESSNA P210N N731NR WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR UP LANDING INCIDENT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 8R. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY SOUL ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A CFR PART 91 FLIGHT IN VMC CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SAINT LOUIS SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT (KSUS), STOPPED FOR FUEL AT SAINT CHARLES SMARTT AIRPORT (KSET). THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED AND DEPARTED (KSET) ENROUTE BACK TO (KSUS) PRIOR TO THE GEAR UP LANDING INCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED HE PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE GEAR DOWN POSTION, BUT DID NOT VERIFY THE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR ILLUMINATION PRIOR TO THE GEAR UP LANDING.
ON MAY 02, 2013, A LANDING GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. THE LANDING GEAR HYDRALUIC POWER PACK CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PUSHED IN. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS LIFTED TO THE GEAR UP POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR TRANSITIONED FROM THE GEAR DOWN POSITION TO THE GEAR UP POSITION. THE THROTTLE GEAR UP RED WARNING LIGHT WAS AUDIBLE AND THE GEAR UP WARNING HORN WAS TESTED BY RETARDING THE THROTTLE. THE WARNING HORN OPERATED AND WAS AUDIBLE. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE GEAR DOWN POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR TRANSITIONED TO THE DOWN POSITION. THIS WAS REPEATED 3 TIMES WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR DOWN PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED. THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED AND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PUT TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR TRANSITIONED TOWARDS THE DOWN POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR WAS THEN PUMPED DOWN WITH THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR HAND PUMP HANDLE. THERE WAS A GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT INDICATION WHEN THE GEAR REACHED THE DOWN POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PUSHED BACK IN. THE LANDING GEAR WAS TRANSITIONED FROM DOWN TO UP 2 MORE TIMES WITH NO ABNORMALITIES.
NTSB investigation
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