Cessna 210N N52MM

Summary

On 2 August 2021 at about 12:45 local time, a Cessna 210N registered N52MM was involved in an accident near Somerville, New Jersey, United States. One person was 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.

Date

2 August 2021 at 12:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Somerville, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Somerset (SMQ)

Coordinates

40.6260, -74.6700

Aircraft

Cessna 210N

Registration

N52MM

Category

Airplane

Year built

1984

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Linden → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA315

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear up landing and substantial damage to the fuselage.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot departed on a short flight to a local airport. He said he made a straight in approach and conducted a before landing checklist. Upon landing, the pilot realized the landing gear was still retracted as the airplane settled onto the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. A postaccident examination of the airplane’s landing gear and gear warning horn by a mechanic found no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Though the pilot said he used the before-landing checklist, he failed to extend the landing gear and subsequently landed with the gear retracted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.