# NTSB MKC85LA149: Cessna 210, N6939N, Eldon, MO, July 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1985, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Eldon, MO
- Location: 38.3616° N, 92.5713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELDON MODEL AIRPARK (H79), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3616&lon=-92.5713&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33979
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33979/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA149

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING AN APCH TO LAND, HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR & LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. HE DID NOT RECALL HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN; HOWEVER, A CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR SYS DID NOT REVEAL ANY MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6939N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6939N), registered now, S/N 21063161, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063161
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-L 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ozark Trencher Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: H64, LAMAR, MO
- Destination: H79
- Airport: H79, Eldon Model Airpark, runway 18, 3,180 × 45 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,050 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 2,050 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 13 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: COU, 30 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 19850704064289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850704064289A), Jul 4, 1985: Cessna T210N, Eldon, MO, Substantial damage. Landed gear up. Reported warning horn failed to operate. No malfunctioning found in gear mechanism.

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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