# NTSB SEA83LA192: Cessna P210N, N5249W, Wenatchee, WA, August 31, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1983, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Coordinates: 47.369106, -120.350868 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3691&lon=-120.3509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39764
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39764/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA192

## 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
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. AFTER COMPLETING 2 TOUCH & GO'S, HE ELECTED TO PRACTICE A SMIULATED FORCED LANDING. HE REPORTED THAT HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR WHEN THE ACFT WAS ON A DOWNWIND LEG. HOWEVER, THE PLT DID NOT REPORT WHETHER OR NOT THE GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED OR IF HE HEARD A WARNING HORN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITH FULL FLAPS, BUT WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. AN INSPECTION OF THE ACFT WAS MADE, BUT NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE GEAR OR GEAR WARNING SYSTEMS WAS FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5249W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P21000662
- Airframe hours: 761
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-P 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Columbia Skyways
- Registered owner: James E. Martin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 18, 1983, 24 hours before
- Airport: EAT, Pangborn Field, runway 25, 4,459 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,434 total, 287 in this make and model, 1,350 as pilot in command, 81 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EAT

## 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 19830831048799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830831048799A), Aug 31, 1983: Cessna P210N, Wenatchee, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to lower gear, made gear up landing.

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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