CESSNA 210 N accident at Mount Vernon, IL, 12 Jul 2024

On July 12, 2024, a CESSNA 210 N operated by SHINN WILLIAM K was involved in an aviation accident near Mount Vernon, IL. No fatalities were reported. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear, resulting in a wheel up landing. Contributing to the accident was the intermittent warning horn which likely did not sound to warn the pilot about the misconfigured landing gear. This summary draws on records from NTSB; 12 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.