# NTSB SEA94LA232: Cessna 210D, N3759Y, Paris, ID, September 3, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1994, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Paris, ID
- Coordinates: 42.219657, -111.429649 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2197&lon=-111.4296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 29, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42017
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA94LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42017/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA232

## Probable cause

AN INADVERTENT WHEELS UP LANDING.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Wheels up landing, landing
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A GEAR UP LANDING WHEN HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

## Factual narrative

On September 3, 1994, approximately 1200 hours mountain daylight time (mdt), a Cessna 210D, N3759Y, registered to Randolph Flyers, and being flown by Kenneth R. Brown, a private pilot, was substantially damaged during a gear up landing on runway 10 at the Bear Lake County Airport, Paris, Idaho. The pilot, three passengers and one child were uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions existed and no flight plan had been filed. The local flight, which was personal in nature, was to have been operated in accordance with 14CFR91.

In a written statement, the pilot reported that he landed at the Bear Lake Airport to pick up his passengers for a local flight of the area.  When the flight returned for landing, the pilot reported that he "failed to lower the landing gear."  The airplane landed gear up and skidded to a stop on the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3759Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3759Y), registered now, S/N 21058259, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Registry model: [Cessna 210D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (registry code 2073414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058259
- Airframe hours: 4480
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Randolph Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 13, 1993, 20 hours before
- Airport: 1U7, Bear Lake Co., runway 10, 5,730 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,460 total, 2,347 in this make and model, 3,460 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 17 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIH, 69 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19940903025869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940903025869A), Sep 3, 1994: Cessna 210D, Paris, ID, Substantial damage. Forgot to extend landing gear for 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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