# NTSB MIA88LA047: Cessna 210, N9492T, Quincy, FL, November 29, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 29, 1987, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Quincy, FL
- Coordinates: 30.580446, -84.579658 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5804&lon=-84.5797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32099
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32099/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA047

## 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)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED A PRELANDING CHECK ON FINAL APCH BUT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. HE CONTINUED THE APCH, & JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, WAS ADVISED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE APCH TO LANDING WAS CONTINUED & THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS INOPERATIVE. ACCORDING TO FAA PERSONNEL THE GEAR WARNING HORN OPERATED SATISFACTORILY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9492T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9492T-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 57292, built 1960 (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: 57292
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470E 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Philip Hiss
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1987
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 2J9, Quincy Muni, runway 31, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 242 total, 136 in this make and model, 188 as pilot in command, 77 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TLH, 17 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 19871129081849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871129081849A), Nov 29, 1987: Cessna 210, Quincy, FL, Substantial damage. Failed to lower gear for landing. Landed gear up.

## Other investigations on N9492T (3)

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 SEA95LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA162), Jul 25, 1995: Cessna 210 (N9492T), Cody, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.
- [NTSB CHI66D0608](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0608), Feb 12, 1966: Cessna 210 (N9492T), Cleveland, OH, substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI66D0442](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0442), Sep 11, 1965: Cessna 210 (N9492T), Delavan, WI, 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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