# Incident 20211225021389I: Cessna T210N, Burlington, NC, December 25, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2021, 13:47 local time
- Place: Burlington, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0957° N, 79.4378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0957&lon=-79.4378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 886 total, 197 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211225021389I

## Narrative

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

GEAR-UP LANDING PER PILOT'S STATEMENT: I WAS REALLY DISTRACTED AS I WAS TOO FOCUSED ON THE LANDING APPROACH. WHILE I WAS MAKING THIS APPROACH I WAS CONCENTRATING ON THE LANDING, AND SIMPLY FORGOT THE LANDING GEAR. WHEN I CAME CLOSE TO THE GROUND, I HEARD THE ALARM COME ON, BUT I WAS SURE THAT THIS WAS THE STALL ALARM. I RAISED THE RPM TO ABOUT 1200, AND RAISED THE NOSE A LITTLE BIT AND KEPT MY LANDING. THAT?S WHEN I REALIZED THAT THE PROP HIT THE GROUND FIRST, AND THEN THE PLANE SLID ON ITS BELLY. WHEN I REALIZED I WAS ON THE GROUND WITHOUT LANDING GEAR, I CONCENTRATED ON KEEPING THE PLANE LEVEL, AND SLID UNTIL I STOPPED ON THE GRASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. I TURNED OFF ALL POWER, AND EXITED THE PLANE AS SOON AS I COULD.

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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