- Date
- May 25, 1982, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Meadville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6751RCessna T210F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820525019219A
- Case key
- 71641
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Gear extension - not performedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Analysis
According to the pilot, while performing the landing checklist his attention was distracted and a gear check was not accomplished. The aircraft was landed with the gear up causing substantial damage to the skin of the aircraft and the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6751R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T2100151
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- E. R. Nightingale
- Registered owner
- E. R. Nightingale
- Departed
- Butler, PA
- Destination
- Pickens, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Port Meadville, runway 7, 4,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 730 total · 75 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.