- Date
- May 30, 2002, 17:22 local (21:22 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7PJCessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20020530014509I
- Case key
- 54856
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow the before landing checklist and confirm that the landing gear was extended.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot, on downwind he put the landing gear handle into the down and locked position. He did not recall if he had a down and lock indication light. Upon touchdown, the landing gear retracted and the airplane collided with the ground. Examination of the airplane revealed that the landing gear was in the up and locked position, and that there were no mechanical discrepancies found. The Cessna 210, before landing checklist states in part that the landing gear should be extended and that the pilot should visually observe that the main gear is down and that the green indicator light is on. The registered owner and pilot were requested to complete a pilot/operator report but have not responded.
Factual narrative
On May 30, 2002, at 1722 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 210, N7PJ, registered to and operated by Air Carriers Inc., landed gear up at Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport in Sarasota, Florida. The cargo flight was operated by the air transport pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 135 with an Instrument flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained minor damage, and the air transport pilot received minor injuries. The cargo flight departed Hernando County Airport in Brooksville, Florida, at 1630.
According to the pilot, on downwind he put the landing gear handle into the down and locked position. He did not recall if he had a down and lock indication light. Upon touchdown, the landing gear retracted and the airplane collided with the ground. Examination of the airplane revealed that the landing gear was in the up and locked position, and that there were no mechanical discrepancies found. The Cessna 210, before landing checklist states in part that the landing gear should be extended and that the pilot should visually observe that the main gear is down and that the green indicator light is on. The registered owner and pilot were requested to complete a pilot/operator report but have not responded.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7PJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060754
- Engine
- Continental IO 520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Carriers Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BKV · Brooksville, FL
- Destination
- SRQ · Sarasota/Braden, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SRQ · Sarasota Braden Airport, runway 32, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.73 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 8, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 10 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.