Cessna T210N N5132C
25 August 2022 · Georgetown, Delaware, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 25 August 2022 at about 20:48 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N5132C, operated by Bernard A Heckman MD PA, was involved in an accident near Georgetown, Delaware, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 20:48
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Georgetown, Delaware, United States
- Nearest airport
- Delaware Coastal (GED)
- Coordinates
- 38.6893, -75.3605
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210N
- Registration
- N5132C
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1979
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Bernard A Heckman MD PA
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Gaithersburg → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA22LA415
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was an inoperative landing gear warning horn.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the pilot, he was distracted by communications difficulties due to issues with the airplane’s headset jacks while conducting an instrument approach. The pilot reported that the landing gear warning horn did not alert him as to the gear being in the “up” position and, in the resulting landing, he did not lower the landing gear. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the landing gear warning horn was inoperative.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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