# NTSB LAX83LA369: Cessna T210N, N6169N, Glennville, CA, July 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 28, 1983, 18:00 local (Jul 29, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Glennville, CA
- Location: 35.7242° N, 118.7152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glennville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7242&lon=-118.7152&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23809
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA369
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23809/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA369

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - electrical system,circuit breaker - not engaged
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - inoperative
  - gear extension - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING A LANDING, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. IT CAME TO REST WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE AMBER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER DISENGAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6169N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6169N-2017-11-21), registration cancelled 2017-11-21, S/N 21062940, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2106240
- Airframe hours: 1160
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Arthur Carver Bowen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 15, 1983, 14 hours before
- Departed: PTV, PORTERVILLE, CA
- Airport: Carver Bowen Branch

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,655 total, 1,290 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F

## 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 19830728037379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830728037379A), Jul 28, 1983: Cessna T210N, Glenville, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot failed to reset circuit breaker to landing gear after checking electrical system. 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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