- Date
- October 22, 1985, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oakdale, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6047NCessna 210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851022055139A
- Case key
- 25003
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt said that he made a 'fairly rapid descent' from a 10,500 ft MSL cruise alt to the airport pattern and experienced a 'painful pressure' in his ears. The plt said he was also wearing a headset. On entry into the pattern, theplt said he 'forgot to lower the landing gear' and believes that, due to both the 'painful ear pressure' and the muffling effect of the headset, the gear warning horn was sounding but all he heard was a 'faint background pulse that (he) dismissed as radio noise of some kind.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6047N
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062915
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Continental TS10-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James L.Mullin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1985 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- BIH · Bishop, CA
- Airport
- 017 · Oakdale, runway 10, 3,020 × 66 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 975 total · 200 in this make and model · 916 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.