- Date
- March 31, 1990, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Natchez, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4738ACessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900331009939A
- Case key
- 32644
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Probable cause
The late extension of the landing gear by the pilot.
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.
Analysis
The acft was on short final when the arpt mgr observed that the landing gear was not extended. He notified the plt using the UNICOM radio. The plt extended the landing gear and added power, but the airplane touched down while the gear was in transit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4738A
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000820
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-AF, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- NEW · New Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HEZ · Hardy-Anders Fld., runway 17, 5,000 × 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- HEZ
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 N4738A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.