# Incident 20181024024699I: Cessna T210M, Lake Charles, LA, October 24, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2018, 14:45 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1261° N, 93.2234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE CHARLES RGNL (LCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1261&lon=-93.2234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732KP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N732KP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 32,000 total, 78 in this make and model, 244 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181024024699I

## Narrative

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

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 19850217008469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850217008469I), Feb 17, 1985: Cessna T210M (N732KP), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear for landing.
- [Accident 19780923031539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780923031539A), Sep 23, 1978: Cessna 210H (N732KP), Owensboro, KY, Substantial damage. Eng quit on base leg,unable to reach arpt.

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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