# Accident 20160118000959A: Cessna 210M, Venice, FL, January 18, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2016, 16:45 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0717° N, 82.4403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0717&lon=-82.4403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761EP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N761EP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 4,472 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160118000959A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING, HE WAS DISTRACTED BY APPROXIMATELY EIGHT OTHER AIRPLANES ALREADY IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. HE SUBSEQUENTLY FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT ON THE RUNWAY.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE, WHICH INCLUDED THE KEEL AND BULKHEAD. THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WHO REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY STATED THAT WHEN THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE EXTEND POSITION, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY.  THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA16CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA093), Jan 18, 2016: Cessna 210 (N761EP), Venice, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly configure the landing gear, which resulted in a landing with the landing gear in the retracted position.

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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