Cessna 210N N92MP

Summary

On 8 February 2011 at about 20:50 local time, a Cessna 210N registered N92MP, operated by Missouri State Highway Patrol, was involved in an incident near Columbia, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 February 2011 at 20:50

Classification

Incident

Location

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Columbia Regional Airport (COU)

Coordinates

38.8181, -92.2194

Aircraft

Cessna 210N

Registration

N92MP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jefferson City → Columbia

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11IA179

Nobody was injured.

The pilot did not extend the landing gear before touchdown due to his distraction during the landing approach and his not using a landing checklist.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on approach to land, the pilot was distracted as he looked for two taxiing aircraft following a radio call with an air traffic controller. Immediately before touchdown, the pilot realized that he did not lower the landing gear, and he increased the power to full throttle. About the same time, he heard the sound of the airplane’s fuselage rubbing the ground. The pilot was able to get the airplane airborne and subsequently lowered the landing gear before landing on the landing gear. The pilot reported that he did not use the landing checklist and that the landing gear warning horn did not sound during the landing. A mechanic reported that the incident airplane’s landing gear warning horn was tested during the airplane’s ferry flight and the horn was operational during the testing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.