# Accident 20150215001659A: Cessna T210L, Dalles Port, WA, February 15, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2015, 18:40 local time
- Place: Dalles Port, WA
- Airport: Columbia Gorge Regional/The Dalles
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6194° N, 121.1683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6194&lon=-121.1683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93810, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93810-2020-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,455 total, 2,640 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150215001659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING PHASE, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE. KNOWN DAMAGE IS TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE ALUMINUM SKIN, A LONGITUDINAL KEEL AND A STRUCTURAL BULKHEAD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR15CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA112), Feb 16, 2015: Cessna T210 - L (N93810), The Dalles, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to touch down. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to utilize the pre-landing checklist.

## Other reports on N93810 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190722012389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190722012389I), Jul 22, 2019: Cessna T210L (N93810), Appleton, WI, Minor damage. After a gust of wind aircraft skidded off runway 3 hitting a runway sign and shearing off nose gear. Propeller strike

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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