- Date
- June 13, 2015, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bozeman, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N86SBCessna P210N
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20150613008169A
- Case key
- 91367
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to complete the required before landing checks, resulting in the execution of a gear up landing causing substantial damage to the lower fuselage of the airplane.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the retractable landing gear airplane reported he became preoccupied while in the traffic pattern and did not configure his landing gear to the down and locked position. The pilot landed the airplane with the landing gear stowed, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to flight that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot of the retractable landing gear airplane reported he became preoccupied while in the traffic pattern and did not configure his landing gear to the down and locked position. The pilot landed the airplane with the landing gear stowed, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to flight that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86SB
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N (N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000829
- Built
- 1983
- Airframe hours
- 2,185.1
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520AF, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen H. Biggs
- Registered owner
- Stephen H. Biggs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 2015 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- KBZN · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- KBZN · Bozeman, MT
- Airport
- KBZN · Bozeman Yellowstone Internatio, runway 12, 8,994 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 19, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,594 total · 1,022 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 19, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,594 total · 1,022 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Turbulence
- Light
- Observed at
- KBZN
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 10, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.