- Date
- June 25, 1989, 19:55 local (Jun 26, 1989, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Kaiser, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9440TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890625017649A
- Case key
- 34819
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to extend the landing gear. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to use the checklist.
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 pilot said that during final approach, and nearing stall speed, he heard an audible horn. He interpreted it as the stall warning horn, and continued his landing approach, consequently landing gear up. The acft slid to stop on the runway sustaining substantial fuselage and propeller damage. The landing gear functioned normally in all phases during post accident investigation. The pilot said he inadvertently forgot to lower the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9440T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57240
- Airframe hours
- 1,751
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Butler, Jack V.
- Registered owner
- Butler, Jack V
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1988 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- K15 · Osage Beach, MO
- Destination
- A1Z · Kaiser, MO
- Airport
- A1Z · Lee C Fine, runway 21, 6,497 × 100 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 811 total · 240 in this make and model · 515 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N9440T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.