- Date
- September 7, 1991, 16:48 local (23:48 UTC)
- Place
- Arlington, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9551TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910907044539A
- Case key
- 41543
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to utilize the landing 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
Upon arrival at the airport the pilot executed an approach to runway 16. He failed to use the landing checklist and subsequently failed to extend the landing gear. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft landed gear up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9551T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57351
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond L. Brainard
- Registered owner
- Raymond L. Brainard
- Airport
- S88 · Arlington Muni., runway 16, 5,333 × 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SEA, 44 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.