# NTSB MIA87LA008: Cessna 210, N7395E, Kissimmee, FL, October 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 15, 1986, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31811
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31811/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA008

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR AND THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF A TOWER HAD TOLD HIM TO LOWER THE GEAR. THERE IS NO TOWER AT THE ARPT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PLT PRODUCED A CAA COMMERCIAL PLT CERTIFICATE WHICH WAS ISSUED IN 1943 AND HAD EXPIRED IN 1945.

## 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
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7395E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7395E), registered now, S/N 57095, built 1959 (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: 57095
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-E 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: J. Robert Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1986
- Departed: 44J, DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Airport: ISM, Kissimmee, runway 6, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,318 total, 52 in this make and model, 1,256 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCO, 12 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861015049159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861015049159A), Oct 15, 1986: Cessna 210, Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed with the wheels up. Pilot was operating with an expired license.

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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