What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On March 01, 2019 at 1700 eastern daylight time, a Cessna CE-210L aircraft, N5400V, registered to and operated by a student pilot, received minor damage when it?s landing gear collapsed during landing on runway 09 Elkhart Municipal Airport (ekm), Elkhart, Indiana. Visual meteorological conditions and light winds prevailed at the time of the incident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of title 14 code of federal regulations (CFR) part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot was not injured. The local flight originated from the benton harbor airport (beh), benton harbor, Michigan approximately 30 minutes prior to this incident.
According to the pilot, during the landing sequence, he went through the pre-landing checklist and lowered the landing gear, at which time, the pilot stated the gear operation ?sounded funny? And the aircraft ?didn?t feel the way it should with the gear down and locked?. The pilot elected to recycle the gear, upon lowering the gear handle a second time the knob broke off from the gear switch but, the switch was in the down position. The pilot stated he viewed the gear in the wing mirror and thought it was down and locked. The pilot stated he could not recall seeing a green gear light indication. Upon landing, the aircraft settled until the propeller and belly of the aircraft made contact with the runway surface. The pilot was able to exit the aircraft without incident. Airport operations personnel raised the aircraft and manually lowered the gear with no difficulties. Other than the broken gear handle on the aircraft panel and damage sustained during the landing, no other mechanical issues were detected during this investigation.
Weather report at kekm airport at 2150 UTC was: wind 060 degrees at 5KNOTS, visibility 10 statute miles, clear, temp 03 dew point 08 and altimeter 30.10.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 01, 2019 AT 1700 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA CE-210L AIRCRAFT, N5400V, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT?S LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 09 ELKHART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (EKM), ELKHART, INDIANA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE BENTON HARBOR AIRPORT (BEH), BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.
ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, HE WENT THROUGH THE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST AND LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, AT WHICH TIME, THE PILOT STATED THE GEAR OPERATION ?SOUNDED FUNNY? AND THE AIRCRAFT ?DIDN?T FEEL THE WAY IT SHOULD WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED?. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR, UPON LOWERING THE GEAR HANDLE A SECOND TIME THE KNOB BROKE OFF FROM THE GEAR SWITCH BUT, THE SWITCH WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT STATED HE VIEWED THE GEAR IN THE WING MIRROR AND THOUGHT IT WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT RECALL SEEING A GREEN GEAR LIGHT INDICATION. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED UNTIL THE PROPELLER AND BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL RAISED THE AIRCRAFT AND MANUALLY LOWERED THE GEAR WITH NO DIFFICULTIES. OTHER THAN THE BROKEN GEAR HANDLE ON THE AIRCRAFT PANEL AND DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING THE LANDING, NO OTHER MECHANICAL ISSUES WERE DETECTED DURING THIS INVESTIGATION.
WEATHER REPORT AT KEKM AIRPORT AT 2150 UTC WAS: WIND 060 DEGREES AT 5KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR, TEMP 03 DEW POINT 08 AND ALTIMETER 30.10.