- Date
- July 2, 1983, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Point, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5920MCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830702060279A
- Case key
- 6109
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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.
Complete gear collapsed
Checklist - not usedFactor
Gear extension - not performedCause
Wheels up landing - inadvertentFactor
Analysis
The plt stated that he was practicing single engine procedures and landings. On his fourth landing to a full stop he landed gear up. He said he just forgot to put the gear down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5920M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310P022
- Airframe hours
- 2,533
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- W97 · West Point Muni, runway 9, 3,750 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 826 total · 77 in this make and model · 712 as pilot in command · 217 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.