20211114019509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Palestine, IL · November 14, 2021

Date
November 14, 2021 · 18:30 local
Place
Palestine, IL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7245G
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,780 total210 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot was in position for left downwind entry runway 27 at krsv in Palestine, IL and neglected to extend his landing gear for landing runway 27. The pilot reported that he had not done any approach or landing checklists leading up to his touchdown runway 27. The aircraft sustained only minor damage from sliding down the runway gear up. Propellers were also damaged due to contact with the hard surface runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS IN POSITION FOR LEFT DOWNWIND ENTRY RUNWAY 27 AT KRSV IN PALESTINE, IL AND NEGLECTED TO EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING RUNWAY 27. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD NOT DONE ANY APPROACH OR LANDING CHECKLISTS LEADING UP TO HIS TOUCHDOWN RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE FROM SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY GEAR UP. PROPELLERS WERE ALSO DAMAGED DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY.