# NTSB ERA25LA373: Cessna P210, N44475, Akron, OH, September 9, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 9, 2025, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Akron, OH - Coordinates: 41.037039, -81.468386 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0370&lon=-81.4684&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 18, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 201760 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA373 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201760/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201760 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA373 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the fight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the pilot. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md) - [Landing gear system: landing gear selector](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023234): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023234/cases.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 54 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023234/cases.md) - [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot and the flight instructor were returning to the airport at the conclusion of a flight review. While in the airport traffic pattern, the pilot and the flight instructor were having a discussion about practice landings, and during the landing approach, the pilot forgot to extend the landing gear. The airplane subsequently contacted the runway with the landing gear retracted, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N44475](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44475), registered now, S/N P21000408 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA P210 (N) - Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: P21000408 - Year built: 1980 - Airframe hours: 5331 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 28, 2025, 22 hours before - Airport: AKR, Akron Fulton Intl, runway 25, 6,336 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Onboard weather, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 23, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 3,543 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 35,562 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days - Flight instructor; age 53; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 20, 2024; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,525 total, 1 in this make and model, 1,452 as pilot in command, 65 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.17 inHg - Observed at: AKR - METAR: METAR KAKR 092054Z AUTO 10SM CLR 25/06 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP214 T02500056 58018 ## 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 20250909013979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250909013979A), Sep 9, 2025: Cessna P210N, Akron, OH, Substantial damage. The incident involves a gear-up landing of a Cessna 210 aircraft, which resulted in a belly landing with subsequent smoke in the cabin. The incident occurred… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 18, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201760. 2.5 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19474960&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 106 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19474343&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MEMORANDUM%20FOR%20RECORD-pilot-Rel.pdf - Investigative photos (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 683 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19475069&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photos-Rel.pdf 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.