# NTSB MIA88IA181: Cessna P210N, N6330W, Daytona Beach, FL, May 30, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: May 30, 1988, 17:24 local (21:24 UTC)
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32065
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88IA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32065/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA181

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,gear warning system - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT WHILE ON FINAL APCH TO LAND, HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY CONVERSATION WITH THE PASSENGER & FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. AFTER IT WAS LIFTED FROM THE RWY AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED & LOCKED IN PLACE.  THE PLT STATED THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS INOPERATIVE. AN EXAM OF THE WARNING HORN ASSEMBLY REVEALED THAT A KINKED CABLE PREVENTED THE ACTIVATION OF THE WARNING HORN CIRCUIT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6330W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6330W-2022-06-04), registration cancelled 2022-06-04, S/N P21000752, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P21000752
- Airframe hours: 1178
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-P 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Rimek, Robert C
- Registered owner: Rimek Concrete
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 17, 1988, 11 hours before
- Departed: 44J, DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Destination: DAB
- Airport: DAB, Daytona Beach Regional, runway 7R, 3,197 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 2,975 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB

## 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 19880530016579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880530016579I), May 30, 1988: Cessna P210N, Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. Landed with gear retracted. Became distracted by passenger. A kinked throttle prevented horn from blowing.

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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