- Date
- April 25, 2026, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6130FCessna 210
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20260425003119I
- Case key
- 202909
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing due to distraction and his failure to conduct the before landing checklist.
Findings · 4
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 he became distracted by converging traffic and the short runway while entering the traffic pattern. During the approach, he did not complete his before-landing checklist or extend the landing gear. He stated that because the engine rpm remained above the landing gear warning horn activation threshold during the approach, the horn did not sound. The airplane landed with the landing gear retracted and slid to rest on the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6130F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210 (H)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059030
- Built
- 1968
- Airframe hours
- 5,710
- Engine
- Continental IO520 A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 2025 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- GOO · Grass Valley, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- O85 · Benton Fld, runway 16/34, 2,420 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Data recorder, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 89
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Unknown
- Last flight review
- December 23, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 4,504 total · 2,365 in this make and model · 4,340 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- KRDD, 6 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KRDD 241853Z 17004KT 10SM CLR 19/07 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01940072
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.