- Date
- June 3, 2026, 13:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4875KCessna P210
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA PDX FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260603006329A
- Case key
- 203126
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 prior to 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 performing a straight-in approach to land, she forgot to extend the landing gear and landed the airplane with the landing gear retracted. She stated that during the approach, she did not make her usual verbal callout of “gear/flaps” and did not utilize the airplane’s written checklist. She heard the audible warning horn for the landing gear prior to landing but was unfamiliar with the annunciation at the time. The airplane touched down on the runway with the gear retracted and slid to a stop, resulting in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4875K
- Reported as
- Cessna P210 (N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000353
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 5,233.9
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 2026 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SLE · Mcnary Fld, runway 16/34, 5,146 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 5, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,032 total · 1,244 in this make and model · 2,026 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- KSLE
- METAR
- METAR KSLE 031956Z 18007KT 10SM OVC065 18/07 A3012 RMK AO2 RAE25 SLP197 P0000 T01830072 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 3, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.8 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.