Cessna 510 N81CB

Summary

On 1 December 2021 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 510 registered N81CB, operated by Baker Byron R, was involved in an accident near Havasu, Arizona, 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

1 December 2021 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Havasu, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Havasu City (KHII)

Coordinates

34.3401, -114.2132

Aircraft

Cessna 510

Registration

N81CB

Category

Airplane

Year built

2013

Engines

2

Operator

Baker Byron R

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brookshire → Lake Havasu

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR22LA058

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to use a pre-landing checklist.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during an unstable approach, he did not perform a pre-landing checklist and did not configure the landing gear. Subsequently, the airplane touched down with the landing gear retracted and slid to a stop, in which a post-crash fire ensued over the right wing. The lower fuselage and right wing were substantially damaged. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.