Cessna P210N N711BG

Summary

On 18 April 2013 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna P210N registered N711BG was involved in an accident near Corvallis, Oregon, 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.

Date

18 April 2013 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Corvallis Municipal (CVO)

Coordinates

44.4914, -123.2869

Aircraft

Cessna P210N

Registration

N711BG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Monterey → Corvallis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR13CA258

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent selection and activation of the landing gear handle rather than the flap handle during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to alter the configuration of the airplane before exiting the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

At the conclusion of a cross-country flight and as the airplane was approaching the non-towered airport, the pilot announced his position and his intention to conduct a straight-in approach to runway 35. The landing was normal, and during the landing roll, when the airplane had slowed to about 50 knots, the pilot decided to retract the flaps. However, he inadvertently grasped and raised the landing gear handle instead, and the nose gear retracted. The main gear remained extended, and the airplane came to a stop on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the nose keel structure, as well as damage to the cowl, nose gear doors, and propeller. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot further reported, “When landing, pilot should make no changes to flaps or other systems until the airplane has fully decelerated.”

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.