# NTSB WPR13CA193: Cessna 210B, N9685X, Caldwell, ID, April 15, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 14, 2013, 22:00 local (Apr 15, 2013, 04:00 UTC) - Place: Caldwell, ID - Coordinates: 43.63861, -116.634719 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6386&lon=-116.6347&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 13, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 86648 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR13CA193 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86648/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86648 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA193 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up hard landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md) - [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md) - [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that when the airplane was on short final for the nighttime landing, he realized that he had forgotten to put the airplane’s landing gear in the down position. He added full power for a go-around; however, the airplane impacted the runway hard and skidded to a stop. The pilot exited the airplane, and a postimpact fire ensued. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that while on short final for the nighttime landing he realized that he had forgotten to put the airplane’s landing gear in the down position. He added full power for a go-around, however the airplane suddenly impacted the runway hard and skidded to a stop. The pilot exited the airplane as a post-crash fire ensued. During the accident sequence, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9685X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9685X-2015-04-30), registration cancelled 2015-04-30, S/N 21057985, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B - Registry model: [Cessna 210B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (registry code 2073410) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21057985 - Airframe hours: 3423 - Engines: Continential Motors IO-470 Series 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: McCrory Co LLC - Registered owner: McCrory Co LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 15, 2013, 3 hours before - Departed: EUL, Caldwell, ID - Destination: EUL, Caldwell, ID - Airport: EUL, Caldwell Industrial Airport, runway 30, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 28, 2011; seat: left; flight hours: 600 total, 415 in this make and model, 600 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 320° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 18 °F - Altimeter: 29.77 inHg - Observed at: EUL ## 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 20130414005559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130414005559A), Apr 14, 2013: Cessna 210B, Caldwell, ID, Destroyed. The pilot was practicing night touch and go's in preparation for his up comming biannual flight review. Prior to the accident, the pilot flew over the numbers… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 5, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86648. 619 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 619 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40392380&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.