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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210M · Lake Charles, LA · October 24, 2018

Date: October 24, 2018 · 14:45 local
Place: Lake Charles, LA
Airport: Lake Charles Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N732KP
Reported as: Cessna T210M
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 32,000 total78 in this make and model244 in the last 90 days

N732KPRegistered now · Cessna T210MS/N 21061575 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna T210M Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot in command/certified flight instructor was instructing a student who was owner of the newly acquired aircraft on a cross-country flight from conroe, TX to Lake Charles, LA. According to the CFI, the flight had been uneventful and the destination was VFR. The CFI was teaching the student how to use the autopilot for approach to the airport while the student was using a hood for simulated instrument experience. Once established on the approach with the GPS, the glideslope and localizer did not display on the PFD. At this point the CFI had the student remove the hood and fly visually to the runway. The CFI stated that the approach was normal; until touch-down, at this point the aircraft landed on its belly without the landing gear down. The CFI and student immediately shut-down the aircraft and exited. The CFI later reported that he believes gear-warning horn was operative, but possibly the noise-counseling headset blocked the warning.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT IN COMMAND/CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS INSTRUCTING A STUDENT WHO WAS OWNER OF THE NEWLY ACQUIRED AIRCRAFT ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM CONROE, TX TO LAKE CHARLES, LA. ACCORDING TO THE CFI, THE FLIGHT HAD BEEN UNEVENTFUL AND THE DESTINATION WAS VFR. THE CFI WAS TEACHING THE STUDENT HOW TO USE THE AUTOPILOT FOR APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT WHILE THE STUDENT WAS USING A HOOD FOR SIMULATED INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE. ONCE ESTABLISHED ON THE APPROACH WITH THE GPS, THE GLIDESLOPE AND LOCALIZER DID NOT DISPLAY ON THE PFD. AT THIS POINT THE CFI HAD THE STUDENT REMOVE THE HOOD AND FLY VISUALLY TO THE RUNWAY. THE CFI STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL; UNTIL TOUCH-DOWN, AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE CFI AND STUDENT IMMEDIATELY SHUT-DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED. THE CFI LATER REPORTED THAT HE BELIEVES GEAR-WARNING HORN WAS OPERATIVE, BUT POSSIBLY THE NOISE-COUNSELING HEADSET BLOCKED THE WARNING.

Other reports on N732KP · 2

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

Incident 19850217008469ILevel Off Touchdown · Houston, TXPilot forgot to extend gear for landing.Feb 17, 1985 · Minor damage Accident 19780923031539AFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Owensboro, KYEng quit on base leg,unable to reach arpt.Sep 23, 1978 · Reported as Cessna 210H · Substantial damage