# Incident 20160830014809I: Cessna P210N, Phoenix, AZ, August 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2016, 16:20 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731ZF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731ZF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160830014809I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 4:20 P.M. LOCAL TIME N731ZF, A CESSNA P210 AIRPLANE, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE PHOENIX DEAR VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT).  ONLY KNOWN WITNESSES WERE THE ATC CONTROLLERS WHO OBSERVED THE ABNORMAL GEAR CONFIGURATION JUST PRIOR TO LANDING.

ACCORDING TO THE ATC RECORDS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25R. THE CONTROLLERS IN THE TOWER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT COULD NOT SEE THE AIRCRAFT ON FINAL CLEARLY ENOUGH TO OBSERVE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE AIRCRAFTS GEAR. AS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED THE LANDING FLARE THE CONTROLLER STATED THAT HE NOTICED THE ABNORMAL GEAR CONFIGURATION AND RADIO CALLED THE PILOT TO PERFORM A GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO START THE GO AROUND PROCEDURE HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ITS DESCENT AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY WITH THE GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED IN AN APPROXIMATE WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. THE PILOT DURING THE INVESTIGATION STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO PRACTICE PATTERN WORK, TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST LANDING. THE PILOT STATED DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT HE HAD NOT USED THE PROPER CHECKLIST AND PROCEDURES THEREFORE LEADING TO FAILURE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.

THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SKIN PANELS UNDER THE LOWER CENTER PORTION OF THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT ANTENNAS WHERE WORN DOWN DURING THE LANDING. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE FORMERS OR STRINGERS.  ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT. CHARACTERISTIC PROP STRIKE SIGNATURES WERE EVIDENT. THE PROP SPINNER APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK AT WHICH TIME IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE COWLING NOSE BOWL, CUTTING A CYLINDRICAL PATTERN IN THE NOSE BOWL. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWL, COWL FLAPS OR THE NOSE GEAR DOORS.  NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL WAS SHOWN. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED USING A CRANE AND STRAPS THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO USE THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY MAINTENANCE FAILURES OR ABNORMAL OPERATION OF THE GEAR.  AFTER THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE VFR.

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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