# NTSB DEN04LA013: Cessna 210G, N5915F, Meeker, CO, October 16, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 16, 2003, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC) - Place: Meeker, CO - Coordinates: 40.035831, -107.883888 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0358&lon=-107.8839&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 58232 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN04LA013 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58232/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA013 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the pilots failure to recognize the gear warning horn during the landing flare. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - landing gear,gear warning system - activated - unsafe/hazardous condition warning - not recognized, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Analysis The pilot was descending from 10,000 feet msl, preparing to land on runway 21. He stated that he extended 10 degrees of flaps to slow the airplane down. The pilot said it was at this time that he would normally extend the landing gear. A checklist was available and used; however, he "failed to lower the landing gear." The gear warning horn sounded, but the pilot did not recognize the horn. During the wheels-up landing the airplane was substantially damaged. ## Factual narrative On October 16, 2003, at 1715 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 210G, N5915F, was substantially damaged during a gear-up landing at Meeker Airport (EEO), Meeker, Colorado. The private pilot and his three passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight departed Grand Island, Nebraska, at 1430 under an instrument flight rules flight plan. According to the pilot, he was descending from 10,000 feet msl, preparing to land on runway 21. He stated that he extended 10 degrees of flaps to slow the airplane down. The pilot said it was at this time that he would normally extend the landing gear. A checklist was available and used; however, he "failed to lower the landing gear." When the pilot flared for landing, the gear warning horn sounded but he failed to recognize the significance of the horn. During the wheels-up landing, the left wing drug on the runway. The propeller blades were bent, the left aileron rib was bent, the left fiberglass wingtip was fractured, and the bottom of the fuselage received minor skin damage. An examination of the airplane's systems revealed no anomalies. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5915F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5915F), registered now, S/N 21058915, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 210G - Registry model: [Cessna 210G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (registry code 2073430) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21058915 - Airframe hours: 4179 - Engines: Continental IO-520A 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 9, 2003, 19 hours before - Departed: GRI, GRAND ISLAND, NE - Destination: EEO, Meeker, CO - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: EEO, Meeker Airport, runway 21, 6,500 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review June 2, 2003; seat: left; flight hours: 1,453 total, 98 in this make and model, 1,335 as pilot in command, 63 in the last 90 days, 33 in the last 30 days, 9 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 240° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 18 °F - Altimeter: 30.29 inHg - Observed at: EEO ## 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 20031016026539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031016026539A), Oct 16, 2003: Cessna 210G, Meeker, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot approached the Meeker Airport (eeo) from the north over a mountain range at approximately 10,000 feet. Reduced power, applied flaps, and elected to… 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.