# NTSB CEN09CA260: Cessna 210, N7409E, Richmond, IN, April 22, 2009 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 22, 2009, 09:55 local (13:55 UTC) - Place: Richmond, IN - Coordinates: 39.756942, -84.842781 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7569&lon=-84.8428&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 28, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Indianapolis FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 73703 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09CA260 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73703/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA260 ## Probable cause The pilot under instruction's failure to lower the landing gear and the instructor pilot's inadequate supervision. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: landing gear selector](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023234): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023234/cases.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 54 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023234/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): Personnel issues › Psychological · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 200 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md) - [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Simulated/training event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/600); cases with it: [Cessna 210, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/600/sequence.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 173 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/600/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 210, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md) ## Analysis The instructional flight was practicing stop and go takeoffs and landings. On the last landing, the pilot under instruction failed to put the landing gear handle down. Power was maintained until the runway due to the wind condition so the landing gear warning horn did not sound. The instructor pilot did not see that the landing gear lights were not illuminated, and did not realize that the landing gear handle was not down until runway contact. The firewall sustained substantial damage during the gear up landing. ## Factual narrative The instructional flight was practicing stop-and-go takeoffs and landings. On the last landing, the pilot under instruction failed to put the landing gear handle down. Power was maintained until the runway due to the wind condition so the landing gear warning horn did not sound. The instructor pilot did not see that the landing gear lights were not illuminated, and did not realize that the landing gear handle was not down until runway contact. The firewall sustained substantial damage during the gear-up landing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7409E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7409E), registered now, S/N 57109 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 210 - Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 57109 - Engines: Continental IO-470-E 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Richard Miller - Registered owner: Richard Miller - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: RID, Richmond, IN - Destination: RID, Richmond, IN - Airport: RID, Richmond Municipal Airport, runway 24 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 73; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 18,077 total, 350 in this make and model - Pilot; age 59; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 299 total, 7 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20090422010629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090422010629A), Apr 22, 2009: Cessna 210, Richmond, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was on a training flight originating from phillisburg airport (3I7). While performing stop and go landings at Richmond Municipal Airport (rid)… ## Other investigations on N7409E (3) 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 DEN90LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA007), Oct 11, 1989: Cessna 210 (N7409E), Ogden, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN ENGINE STOPPAGE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. - [NTSB DEN85LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA090), Mar 9, 1985: Cessna 210 (N7409E), Bountiful, UT, substantial damage - [NTSB LAX68D0351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0351), Feb 29, 1968: Cessna 210 (N7409E), Douglas, AZ, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.