- Date
- June 9, 2023, 20:55 local (Jun 10, 2023, 03:55 UTC)
- Place
- Olivehurst, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4761ACessna P210N
- Defining event
- Landing: 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
- 20230610010149A
- Case key
- 192410
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Findings · 3
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 on a straight in approach to land, he heard another pilot report that he was landing at the airport and would cut in front of him. The accident pilot discontinued the approach and performed a 360° turn. He then resumed the approach and continued to land but failed to extend the landing gear. The airplane sustained substantial damaged the left and right keel beams. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4761A
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000821
- Built
- 1983
- Airframe hours
- 3,018.9
- Engine
- Continental IO-550, 310 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 2023
- Departed
- 1O2 · Lakeport, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KMYV · Yuba County Airport, runway 14, 6,008 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Handheld GPS, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator
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
- 75
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,526 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 1,526 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -1 °F
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 4, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 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.