# Accident 20170920020859A: Cessna T210L, St. George, UT, September 20, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2017, 17:15 local time
- Place: St. George, UT
- Airport: St. George Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0417° N, 113.5075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0417&lon=-113.5075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22650, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22650) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,270 total, 1,835 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA543](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA543) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170920020859A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED LANDED AIRCRAFT GEAR UP AND FAILING TO ENGAGE THE GEAR.

PILOT STATED TOOK AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT TEST FOLLOWING ANNUAL INSPECTION. STATED TRAFFIC IN PATTERN IN PROCESS STATED HE OUT OF HIS USUAL ROUTINE.

PILOT STATED GEAR DID NOT GET EXTENDED. HE STATED DID NOT HEAR GEAR HORN, HOWEVER FBO STATED IT WAS OPOERATING ORDER. UNEVENTFUL LEVEL GEAR-UP LANDING.

MAINATENANCE AT FBO ABOVE VIEW FOUND LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMAL ONCE GEAR HANDLE WAS PUT DOWN.

## 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 GAA17CA543](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA543), Sep 20, 2017: Cessna T210 (N22650), St George, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

## Other reports on N22650 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810227013919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810227013919I), Feb 27, 1981: Cessna T210L (N22650), Guymon, OK, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear and made gear up landing.

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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