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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210 · Flint, MI · July 18, 2021

Date: July 18, 2021 · 12:50 local
Place: Flint, MI
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7366E
Reported as: Cessna 210
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,505 total30 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N7366ERegistered now · Cessna 210S/N 57066 · Built 1960 Airframe modelCessna 210 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The pilot was returning to the airport traffic pattern at fnt. The METAR and other documents related to the incident indicates the weather was 10 mile visibility and clear. Pilot was cleared to land. On landing, the pilot reported to the tower that he has had a no gear landing. Latter in the ATC tapes, the gear horn can be heard. Photos from both the airport ops and the responding mechanic, show the plane resting on the runway with the gear in the retracted position. This was verified by the mechanic responding to the scene. The pilot indicated in the pilot statement that he had performed a gear down check and visually the gears position using a minor mounted on the strut before landing.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN AT FNT. THE METAR AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE INCIDENT INDICATES THE WEATHER WAS 10 MILE VISIBILITY AND CLEAR. PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND. ON LANDING, THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE TOWER THAT HE HAS HAD A NO GEAR LANDING. LATTER IN THE ATC TAPES, THE GEAR HORN CAN BE HEARD. PHOTOS FROM BOTH THE AIRPORT OPS AND THE RESPONDING MECHANIC, SHOW THE PLANE RESTING ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THIS WAS VERIFIED BY THE MECHANIC RESPONDING TO THE SCENE. THE PILOT INDICATED IN THE PILOT STATEMENT THAT HE HAD PERFORMED A GEAR DOWN CHECK AND VISUALLY THE GEARS POSITION USING A MINOR MOUNTED ON THE STRUT BEFORE LANDING.