# NTSB ATL91LA068: Cessna 210G, N28CE, Metter, GA, March 20, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 20, 1991, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Metter, GA
- Coordinates: 32.390884, -82.060981 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3909&lon=-82.0610&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8385
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL91LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8385/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA068

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WHEN HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED BY RADIO CONVERSATION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear not extended, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
- Fire, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT & A FRIEND, ALSO A PILOT, WERE ON A LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE FRIEND WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. AS THEY APPROACHED THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING THE PILOT TOLD HIS FRIEND TO SLOW THE AIRPLANE TO GEAR EXTENSION SPEED.  HE THEN BECAME DISTRACTED BY RADIO CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER PILOT WHO HAD JUST LANDED BUT HAD NOT CLEARED THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT SAID HE ASSUMED THAT THE FRIEND WOULD LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  TOO LATE, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE GEAR HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED.  THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP AND THE PILOTS SAW FIRE COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE BURNED BEFORE THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD RESPOND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N28CE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28CE-1993-03-31), registration cancelled 1993-03-31, S/N 21058935 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- Registry model: [Cessna 210G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (registry code 2073430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058935
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Carper, Terry C.
- Registered owner: Carper, Terry C.
- Departed: BULLOCH COUNTY, GA
- Airport: MHP, Metter, runway 28, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 9,639 total, 250 in this make and model, 8,500 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 24 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SAV, 43 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910320006589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910320006589A), Mar 20, 1991: Cessna 210G, Metter, GA, Destroyed. Allowed pilot rated passenger to land gear up. Pilot was distracted by traffic. Pilot passenger not familiar in 210

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.

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