# NTSB DEN07CA116: Cessna T210N, N5129C, Loveland, CO, July 3, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 3, 2007, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Loveland, CO - Coordinates: 40.451946, -105.01139 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4519&lon=-105.0114&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 30, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 66217 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN07CA116 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66217/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA116 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear. Contributing factors were the pilot's attention being diverted, and his failure to use the BEFORE LANDING checklist. ## 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) - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor) - checklist - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Analysis The pilot said he was distracted by what he thought was an aircraft radio failure, his inability to immediately locate the wind sock, and an air show in progress at the destination airport. He did not go through his normal GUMPS check, forgot to lower the landing gear and landed wheels up. ## Factual narrative According to the pilot, he was distracted by what he thought was an aircraft radio failure, his inability to immediately locate the wind sock, and an air show in progress at the destination airport. He stated that he did not go through his normal GUMPS check, forgot to lower the landing gear and landed wheels up. There was damage to the left wing and flap, but the scraping on the bottom of the fuselage exposed and substantially damaged several bulkheads. **This narrative was modified on August 22, 2007.** ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5129C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5129C-2018-11-15), registration cancelled 2018-11-15, S/N 21063707, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna T210N - Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21063707 - Airframe hours: 4494 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 91 - Registered owner: Glen H. Ewing - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 2006, 82 hours before - Departed: CYS, Cheyenne, WY - Destination: FNL, Loveland, CO - Airport: FNL, Fort Collins-Loveland Muni, runway 15, 8,500 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 1, 2007; seat: left; flight hours: 1,791 total, 178 in this make and model, 1,769 as pilot in command, 62 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 8 knots - Visibility: 9 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.19 inHg - Observed at: GXY, 24 nm away ## 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 20070703017529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070703017529A), Jul 3, 2007: Cessna T210N, Fort Collins/L, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] stated that he was unable to get the current weather on AWOS at fnl and when he finally was able to see the wind sock he… ## Other investigations on N5129C (2) 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 CEN18CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18CA021), Oct 23, 2017: Cessna T210N (N5129C), Eagle, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB DEN99FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA077), May 13, 1999: Cessna T210N (N5129C), Greeley, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of both the pilot receiving instruction and the flight instructor to maintain a visual lookout. A factor was the failure of the other pilot to maintain a visual lookout. 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.