# NTSB CHI89LA098: Cessna P210N, N4763P, Wheeling, IL, May 30, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 29, 1989, 21:00 local (May 30, 1989, 02:00 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Location: 42.1149° N, 87.9020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO EXEC (PWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1149&lon=-87.9020&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14358
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14358/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA098

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN A WHEELS-UP LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dark night
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4763P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P21000100
- Airframe hours: 1395
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Crain, William P.
- Registered owner: Crain, William P.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 28, 1988, 174 hours before
- Departed: C73, DIXON, IL
- Destination: PWK
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PWK, Palwaukee, runway 16, 5,137 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,166 total, 160 in this make and model, 2,166 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19890529013289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890529013289A), May 29, 1989: Cessna P210N, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Failed to extend gear for landing. Landed gear up.

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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