# Accident 20200220007499A: Cessna 510, Daytona Beach, FL, February 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2020, 12:41 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1817° N, 81.0544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1817&lon=-81.0544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N163TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N163TC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 510 (registry code 2076617, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F-A (registry code 52282, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw615f-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 510
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW615F-A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,540 total, 112 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200220007499A

## Narrative

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

ATC REPORTED AIRCRAFT LANDED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. FUSELAGE AND BOTH ENGINES WERE SPRAYED WITH FIRE RETARDANT BY LOCAL FIRE FIGHTING UNIT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR STOWED, FOUND GEAR SELECTOR LEVER WAS IN THE UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED USING COMMERCIAL CRANE, AND GEAR WAS RETRACTED WITHOUT ISSUE, THEN TOWED TO DAYTONA AIRCRAFT SERVICES. SKID DAMAGE EXTENDED THROUGH SKIN INTO WING/FUEL TANK STRUCTURE. THE FLIGHT WAS CREWED BY A CERTIFICATED PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT UNDERGOING A CHECK-RIDE TO REMOVE SIC REQUIRED BY A DPE IN THE RIGHT SEAT. THE APPROACH WAS A NO FLAP LANDING.

## 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 ERA20CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA125), Feb 20, 2020: Cessna 510 (N163TC), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the examiner’s failure to check that the landing gear was extended.

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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