# NTSB FTW03CA201: Cessna 210D, N139RC, San Antonio, TX, August 18, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 18, 2003, 16:53 local (21:53 UTC) - Place: San Antonio, TX - Coordinates: 29.533611, -98.469718 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5336&lon=-98.4697&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 57741 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW03CA201 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57741/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03CA201 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to comply with the checklist resulting in a wheels up landing. Contributing to the accident was self-induced pressure. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - checklist - not complied with, pilot in command (cause) - self-induced pressure, pilot in command ## Analysis The pilot landed the airplane with the landing gear in the retracted position. The airplane slid to a stop and a post-impact fire erupted. The airplane was number 2 to land behind a transport category airplane, and a transport category airplane was on final approach behind the airplane. The 3,806-hour pilot did not extend the landing gear according to the checklist sequence as he was keeping the airplane's speed up, and planning to land the airplane beyond the touchdown point of the landing transport category airplane. ## Factual narrative On August 18, 2003, at 1653 central daylight time, a Cessna 210D, single-engine airplane, N139RC, landed wheels up on runway 12R at the San Antonio International Airport (SAT), San Antonio, Texas. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot under Code of Federal regulations Part 91. The private pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The personal flight departed Deming, New Mexico, approximately 1230 mountain daylight time. The pilot reported that N139RC was cleared to land behind a transport category airplane. The 3,806 hour-pilot did not extend the landing gear according to the checklist sequence, as he planned to land N139RC beyond the touchdown point of the transport category airplane. The controller requested that the pilot of N139RC keep the airplane speed up due to an MD-80 on final approach for runway 12R. The pilot landed N139RC without extending the landing gear, and the airplane slid before coming to rest. A post-impact fire erupted. The FAA inspector, who responded to the accident site, reported that the airplane's touchdown point was approximately 1,800 feet beyond the threshold of runway 12R. Subsequently, the airplane slid approximately 500 feet, rupturing the fuel drain on the bottom of the fuselage, before coming to rest with the gear retracted. Thermal deformation occurred to the cowling, firewall, the windshield, the left main cockpit door, and the window. The leading edge of the left wing sustained thermal deformation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N139RC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139RC-2004-12-21), registration cancelled 2004-12-21, S/N 21058487, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 210D - Registry model: [Cessna 210D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (registry code 2073414) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21058487 - Engines: Continental IO-520 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Arthur M. Friedman - Registered owner: Arthur M. Friedman - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: DMN, Deming, NM - Destination: SAT, San Antonio, TX - Airport: SAT, San Antonio International, runway 12R, 8,502 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 3,806 total, 3,640 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles ## 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 20030818029149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030818029149A), Aug 18, 2003: Cessna 210D, San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) During the approach to landing the landing gear was not extended by the pilot. The airplane touched down on runway 12R 1800 feet from the threshold. The… 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.