# NTSB CEN09CA125: Cessna T210L, N211LC, Albuquerque, NM, January 10, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 10, 2009, 11:03 local (18:03 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Coordinates: 35.040279, -106.609169 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0403&lon=-106.6092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 6, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73211
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09CA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73211/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA125

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to remove the airplane's tow bar before takeoff.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Inspection: preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510/cases.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 551 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Prior to flight: Preflight or dispatch event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 355 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## Analysis

Shortly after takeoff and following the landing gear retraction, the pilot realized that he failed to remove the tow bar from the airplane's nose landing gear. After multiple failed attempts to extend the airplane's nose landing gear, the pilot elected to retract the main landing gear and perform a gear-up landing. The airplane's fuselage and right aileron sustained damage during the landing.

## Factual narrative

Shortly after takeoff and following the landing gear retraction, the pilot realized he failed to remove the tow-bar from the airplane's nose landing gear. After multiple failed attempts to extend the airplane's nose landing gear, the pilot elected to retract the main landing gear and perform a gear-up landing. The airplane's fuselage and right aileron sustained damage during the landing.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N211LC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N211LC), registered now, S/N 21060364, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060364
- Airframe hours: 6633
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 12, 2008
- Departed: 1N1, Edgewood, NM
- Destination: ABQ, Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: ABQ, Albuquerque International, runway 03, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 18, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 2,879 total, 1,197 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 50 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20090110000139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090110000139A), Jan 10, 2009: Cessna T210L, Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Pilot failed to remove the towbar after preflight inspection. Nose landing gear jammed during initial retraction and subsequently would not extend. Pilot…

## Other investigations on N211LC (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 CEN10LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA014), Oct 14, 2009: Cessna T210L (N211LC), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The mechanic's failure to find and repair a leaking main landing gear hydraulic line during an annual inspection.

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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