Cessna 210B N9685X

Summary

On 15 April 2013 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 210B registered N9685X, operated by McCrory Co LLC, was involved in an accident near Caldwell, Idaho, 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

15 April 2013 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Caldwell, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Caldwell Industrial Airport (EUL)

Coordinates

43.6386, -116.6347

Aircraft

Cessna 210B

Registration

N9685X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

McCrory Co LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Caldwell → Caldwell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

WPR13CA193

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that when the airplane was on short final for the nighttime landing, he realized that he had forgotten to put the airplane’s landing gear in the down position. He added full power for a go-around; however, the airplane impacted the runway hard and skidded to a stop. The pilot exited the airplane, and a postimpact fire ensued. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.