Cessna T210M N732XS

Summary

On 22 November 2008 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna T210M registered N732XS, operated by A Lee Souttere, was involved in an accident near Hanford, California, 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

22 November 2008 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hanford, California, United States

Nearest airport

Hanford Municipal (HJO)

Coordinates

36.3167, -119.6278

Aircraft

Cessna T210M

Registration

N732XS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

A Lee Souttere

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Klamath Fall → Hanford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

WPR09CA044

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the pilot to use the before-landing checklist and extend the landing gear prior to landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while on a right downwind to runway 32 he accomplished the before-landing checklist from memory; however, "I forgot to say 'three green.'" The pilot said that he touched down about one-third of the way down the runway with the landing gear retracted and came to rest in an upright position on the runway at about the mid-field point. When asked if he had heard the gear warning horn prior to touching down, the pilot stated that he did not, as he had his headset on. An airframe and power plant mechanic reported that the airplane had sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported that no anomalies existed with the airplane prior to or during the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.