# Accident 20210802012369A: Cessna 210N, Somerville, NJ, August 2, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2021, 08:35 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6260° N, 74.6700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6260&lon=-74.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,040 total, 60 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA315) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210802012369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED LINDEN AIRPORT IN LINDEN,NJ (LDN), FOR  SOMERSET AIRPORT (SMQ), IN SOMERVILLE, NJ. AFTER THE 10 MINUTE FLIGHT THE PILOT MADE A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 30 IN SOMERSET. UPON LANDING, PILOT REALIZED PLANE WAS ON BELLY WITH NO GEAR EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT  DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL. PILOT WAS UNHARMED AND EXITED AIRCRAFT UNDER HIS OWN POWER.

## 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 ERA21LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA315), Aug 2, 2021: Cessna 210N (N52MM), Somerville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear up landing and substantial damage to the fuselage.

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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