MIA88IA119

NTSB incident investigation · Cessna 210M · Orlando, FL · March 1, 1988

Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal report
Date
March 1, 1988, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
Place
Orlando, FL
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N823ARCessna 210M
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Dusk
Status
Completed · report January 25, 1990
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19880301037389I
Case key
32056

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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.

Gear not extendedLanding - flare/touchdown
Checklist - not followedPilot in commandCause
Gear extension - not performedPilot in commandCause

Analysis

While on a positioning flt the acft landed gear up. The plt stated that he failed to follow the checklist & forgot to lower the landing gear. Examination of the landing gear assy by FAA personnel revealed no failure or malfunction.

Aircraft

Registration
N823AR
Reported as
Cessna 210M
Category
Airplane
Serial number
21062661
Airframe hours
4,843
Engine
Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Positioning · Part 91
Operator
Cherokee Express, doing business as Cherokee Express
Registered owner
Cherokee Leasing Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
AAIP · February 24, 1988 · 25 hours before
Departed
TIX · Titusville, FL
Airport
ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 7, 6,000 × 150 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
25
Certificates
Commercial, Flight instructor
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
1,285 total · 41 in this make and model · 1,239 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Dusk
Wind
80° at 7 knots
Visibility
7 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
68 °F, dew point 30 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
ORL

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Other investigations on N823AR · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.