# NTSB MIA88IA119: Cessna 210M, N823AR, Orlando, FL, March 1, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 1, 1988, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Coordinates: 28.559133, -81.350898 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5591&lon=-81.3509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32056
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88IA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32056/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA119

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N823AR-2005-05-06), registration cancelled 2005-05-06, S/N 21062661, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Registry model: [Cessna 210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (registry code 2073450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062661
- Airframe hours: 4843
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19880301037389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880301037389I), Mar 1, 1988: Cessna 210M, Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Distracted by traffic, overlooked landing gear. Landed gear up. Beleived gear horn was stall horn.

## Other investigations on N823AR (2)

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.

- [NTSB MIA91IA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91IA061), Jan 5, 1991: Cessna 210M (N823AR), Lutz, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: FUEL LINE CHAFING, AND IN-FLIGHT FIRE CAUSED BY SHORTING OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH RESULTED IN A FORCED LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED.
- [NTSB MIA86LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA030), Nov 19, 1985: Cessna 210M (N823AR), Ft.Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage

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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