# Accident 20240712008089A: Cessna 210N, Mt. Vernon, IL, July 12, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2024, 12:30 local time
- Place: Mt. Vernon, IL
- Airport: Mt. Vernon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3234° N, 88.8585° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3234&lon=-88.8585&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9776Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9776Y) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,240 total, 1,871 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240712008089A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 12TH, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 CST THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON APPROACH TO RWY 23 AT KMVN. DURING FINAL HE REALIZED THAT RWY 23 WAS CLOSED AND MANUVERED TO LAND ON RWY 15. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON RUNWAY 15 AT KMVN. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT SURE IF THE GEAR WARNING HORN CAME ON WHEN HE LANDED BUT THAT IT HAD WORKED PREVIOUSLY WHEN DOING IN FLIGHT STALLS. THE LOCAL MAINTENANCE PROVIDER WAS ABLE TO LIFT THE AIRCRAFT AND EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY. THE MAINTENANCE PROVIDER STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY.  THE PILOT AND MAINTENANCE PROVIDER STATED THAT WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED USING THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS NOTICE COMING FROM AROUND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.

## 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 CEN24LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA264), Jul 12, 2024: Cessna 210 (N9776Y), Mount Vernon, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear, resulting in a wheel up landing. Contributing to the accident was the intermittent warning horn which likely did not sound to warn the pilot about the…

## Other reports on N9776Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19940909033909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940909033909I), Sep 9, 1994: Cessna 210N (N9776Y), Lebanon, NH, Minor damage. Forgot to extend landing gear for landing.

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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