Cessna 210J N3309S
23 October 2011 · West Chicago, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 October 2011 at about 21:05 local time, a Cessna 210J registered N3309S, operated by International ALERT Academy, was involved in an accident near West Chicago, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- West Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- DuPage Airport (KDPA)
- Coordinates
- 41.9069, -88.2483
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210J
- Registration
- N3309S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- International ALERT Academy
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Schaumburg → West Chicago
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN12CA036
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before touchdown due to his failure to use a checklist.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that before landing he mistakenly positioned the four-position landing gear selector lever to the down-neutral position instead of the full-down position. He further noted that he did not notice the lack of sound and feel of the landing gear extending and the lack of an illuminated green landing gear position light; he also did not visually confirm that the main landing gear had extended. The airplane landed with the gear up, damaging several lower fuselage structural bulkheads and stringers. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had used a checklist to ensure that the landing gear had been properly extended. He further noted that the airplane's landing gear unsafe warning horn had been inoperative for some time. A postaccident examination of the landing gear extension/retraction system did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have prevented the landing gear from extending normally.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 210 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 2011 | Cessna 210-5(205) | McKenzie Bridge, Oregon, United States | Stephen Perrault Construction LLC | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 2011 | Cessna 210D | Altavista, Virginia, United States | DI Giulio Robert H | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Nov 2011 | Cessna 210 | Cuiaba, Brazil | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 6 Oct 2011 | Cessna 210A | Wolfe City, Texas, United States | Spradling T Glenn JR | No injuries | - |
| 22 Nov 2011 | Cessna 210 | Alto Alegre, Brazil | Paramazonia Taxi Aereo Ltda | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Mar 2011 | Cessna 210 | Pahrump, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 2,022 records for this type
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