# NTSB DEN86LA135: Cessna T210M, N761XE, Erie, CO, May 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1986, 19:30 local (May 13, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Erie, CO
- Coordinates: 40.019905, -105.039268 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0199&lon=-105.0393&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16963
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16963/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA135

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTS THAT HE REMEMBERS GOING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST ON DOWNWIND FOLLOWING A SHORT FLIGHT FROM A NEARBY AIRPORT. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER DOING A FINAL 'DOWN AND GREEN' CHECK AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N761XE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N761XE), registered now, S/N 21062594, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062594
- Airframe hours: 2029
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Project Lighthawk
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 1986
- Departed: BJC, BROOMFIELD, CO
- Airport: 48V, Tri-County, runway 15, 5,400 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,583 total, 500 in this make and model, 1,424 as pilot in command, 62 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft unknown

## 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 19860512017669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860512017669A), May 12, 1986: Cessna T210M, Erie, CO, Substantial damage. Landed gear up. Remembers saying checklist but does not remember final check of down and green.

## Other investigations on N761XE (1)

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 DEN03LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA116), Jul 2, 2003: Cessna T210M (N761XE), Aspen, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the landing gear actuator switch. Factors relating to the accident were the false landing gear indication, the precautionary landing, and the improper maintenance adjustment performed…

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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