- Date
- November 11, 1995, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Loveland, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9651XCessna 210B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19951111049699A
- Case key
- 19710
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to extend the landing gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during a touch-and-go landing, he 'forgot' to extend the landing gear. Additionally, he reported that as he was 'flaring' to land, he heard an aural warning horn, but perceived the sound to be a 'stall warning.' The airplane touched down with the gear retracted.
Factual narrative
On November 11, 1995, at 1515 mountain standard time, a Cessna 210B, N9651X, was substantially damaged while landing at Fort Collins-Loveland Airport, Loveland, Colorado. The private pilot was not injured. The airplane, owned by Flite Inc., was being operated under Title 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The personal flight originated at Fort Collins-Loveland Airport and was practicing touch and go landings on runway 24L. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed.
The pilot reported that, during a touch and go landing on runway 24L, he "forgot" to extend the landing gear. Additionally, the pilot reported that, as he was "flaring" prior to touch down, he heard an aural warning horn, but perceived the sound to be a "stall warning." Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed structural damage to the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9651X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-57651
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flite Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1995 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- FNL
- Airport
- FNL · Fort Collins-Loveland, runway 24L, 2,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,963 total · 1,763 in this make and model · 1,922 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.