- Date
- May 14, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Galesburg, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N210DKCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820514019329A
- Case key
- 70801
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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.
Analysis
The pilot was discussing short field landing techniques and the use of flaps with the student pilot/passenger and forgot to lower the landing gear. The wheels up landing resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210DK
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059791
- Airframe hours
- 2,520
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Merrell W. Timmons
- Registered owner
- Merrell W. Timmons
- Departed
- Norfork, NE
- Destination
- Galesburg, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GB6 · Galesburg Municipal, runway 20, 5,500 × 100 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,150 total · 3,510 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N210DK · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.