- Date
- October 23, 2020, 20:10 local (Oct 24, 2020, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Los Alamos, NM · Airport environment, landed gear up on runway
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8251MCessna T210K
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20201023017079A
- Case key
- 102201
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in the airplane landing with the landing gear retracted.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while working on night currency and flying from the right seat, he did not verify the landing gear was extended before landing. The airplane landed with the landing gear retracted and slid about 1,200 ft down the runway before it came to a stop. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8251M
- Reported as
- Cessna T210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059251
- Built
- 1969
- Airframe hours
- 7,165.08
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520H1B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Traveler Holdings LLC
- Registered owner
- Traveler Holdings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 21, 2020
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KLAM · Los Alamos Airport, runway 27, 6,000 × 120 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 5, 2019
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 4,738 total · 3,253 in this make and model
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 16, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,933 total · 143 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.23 inHg
- Observed at
- KLAM
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 3, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.4 MB in all.
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 N8251M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.