- Date
- November 11, 1982, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Morristown, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3974YCessna 210D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821111064999A
- Case key
- 71773
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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.
Analysis
Pilot was flying with a mechanic to check avionics. Tower called to warn of helicopters. Mechanic asked him to change from right to left traffic. Pilot said the corrections disrupted his senses and he forgot to lower the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3974Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058474
- Airframe hours
- 2,478
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Louis Baron
- Registered owner
- Louis Baron
- Departed
- Stewart, NJ
- Destination
- 05C · Griffith, IN
- Airport
- MMU · Morristown, runway 30, 4,000 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
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 N3974Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.