# Accident 20250909013979A: Cessna P210N, Akron, OH, September 9, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2025, 16:13 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron Fulton International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0370° N, 81.4684° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0370&lon=-81.4684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44475, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44475) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,170 total, 2,600 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA373) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250909013979A

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT INVOLVES A GEAR-UP LANDING OF A CESSNA 210 AIRCRAFT, WHICH RESULTED IN A BELLY LANDING WITH SUBSEQUENT SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A FLIGHT REVIEW CONDUCTED BY A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WITH THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC). AT APPROXIMATELY 1613EDT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED AND CONFIGURED FOR LANDING AT RUNWAY 25 WITH FLAPS ADDED AT VARIOUS STAGES. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ONTO THE RUNWAY WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. SUBSEQUENTLY AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ON ITS FUSELAGE SLIDING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER LINE APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. CFI INDICATED THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN, PROMPTING HIM TO INSTRUCT THE PIC TO SHUT OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND OPEN THE DOOR TO EXIT. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT NEITHER THE PIC OR THE CFI VISUALLY CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN OR THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN DURING LANDING. THE CFI DID STATE THAT AFTER HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, HE LOOKED AND SAW THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM BY MAINTENANCE REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES. IN ADDITION, THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS FOUND OPERATIONAL BUT NEITHER PILOT HEARD THE WARNING BECAUSE BOTH PILOTS WERE WEARING NOISE CANCELING HEADSETS. DURING THE COURSE OF INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL, THUS THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN RECLASSIFIED AS ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA25LA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA373), Sep 9, 2025: Cessna P210 (N44475), Akron, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the fight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the pilot.

## Other reports on N44475 (1)

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

- [Incident 20040718020359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040718020359I), Jul 18, 2004: Cessna P210N (N44475), Roscommon, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported sluggish handling, like a bag door had been left open, requested clearance to nearest airport to investigate. During landing on #27 at…

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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