# Incident 20201214017539I: Cessna T210K, Valparaiso, IN, December 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2020, 15:25 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9432M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9432M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 57 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201214017539I

## Narrative

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

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WHEN: 12/14/2020 21:25 Z

WHERE: VALPARAISO AIRPORT (VPZ) VALPARAISO, INDIANA

WHAT: A STUDENT PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT IN A CESSNA 210 TURBO CENTURION N9432M ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT FROM THE PILOT?S HOME BASE OF GARY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (GYY) TO VALPARAISO AIRPORT (VPZ). THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO REPOSITION TO PICK UP A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) FOR A LESSON THAT DAY.

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THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED SETTING UP FOR A LONG FINAL TO RUNWAY 36 AT VPZ, AS THAT WAS THE RUNWAY WITH THE MOST FAVORABLE WIND. AS THE PILOT WAS MAKING HIS TURN TO FINAL ANOTHER AIRCRAFT REPORTED DEPARTING RUNWAY 27 ON THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY (CTAF). THIS RADIO TRANSMISSION DISTRACTED AND CONFUSED THE PILOT ON WHETHER THE CORRECT RUNWAY HAD BEEN SELECTED. WHILE DISTRACTED THE PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, AND DID NOT PERFORM A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING AN AUDIBLE WARNING TONE PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN BUT THOUGHT THE TONE WAS THE STALL WARNING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION, AS WAS SELECTED, AND SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN, AS WELL AS EVIDENCE OF ALL THREE OF THE PROPELLER TIPS STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO BE ELEVATED ON JACKS AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED TO THE EXTENDED POSITION BEFORE REMOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY FOR FURTHER INSPECTION

## Other reports on N9432M (2)

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

- [Incident 20060915028929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060915028929I), Sep 15, 2006: Cessna T210K (N9432M), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. (-23) While taxiing, aircraft came in contact with a parked aircraft at Lansing airport, IL. It was night and pilot stated that he stayed on the "yellow line"…
- [Incident 19780808049839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780808049839I), Aug 8, 1978: Cessna 210 (N9432M), Bethany, OK, Minor damage. Engine caught fire during restart, prop blast extinguished the fire.

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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