# NTSB FTW94LA029: Cessna 210, N9653T, Monte Vista, CO, October 22, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 22, 1993, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Monte Vista, CO
- Location: 37.5287° N, 106.0459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTE VISTA MUNI (MVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5287&lon=-106.0459&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 1, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18966
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW94LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18966/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA029

## Probable cause

FAILURE BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES AND  DIRECTIVES TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION.

## Factual narrative

On October 22, 1993, at 1415 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 210, N9653T, landed gear up at the Monte Vista Airport, Monte Vista, Colorado.  The pilot and his passenger were not injured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for this flight which departed Del Norte, Colorado, at 1400.

The pilot reported the accident on November 8, 1993, and during that conversation and on NTSB Form 6120.1/2, he stated that he forgot to lower the landing gear.

At the request of the Investigator In Charge, the damage was surveyed by a local mechanic and from his evaluation, damage was determined to be substantial.  The damage consisted of buckling of lower airframe structural components, wrinkling of both wings, and damage to the horizontal stabilizer.  No system failure or malfunction could be identified.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9653T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9653T-2013-05-23), registration cancelled 2013-05-23, S/N 57453, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57453
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-S 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Anderson, Robert W.
- Registered owner: Anderson Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1993
- Departed: 8V1, DEL NORTE, CO
- Airport: MVI, Monte Vista Municipal, runway 2, 6,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,430 total, 183 in this make and model, 1,385 as pilot in command, 68 in the last 90 days, 33 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19931022047239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931022047239A), Oct 22, 1993: Cessna 210, Monte Vista, CO, Substantial damage. Failed to extend landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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