C210 PLT LANDED GEAR UP AT 5C1.

Date: 2003-06 · Aircraft: Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C; 210D · Phase: landing

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-event-encounter-gear-up-landing|other-plt-did-not-notice-gear-was-not-down

Synopsis

C210 PLT LANDED GEAR UP AT 5C1.

Narrative

AFTER TERMINATION ADVISORIES WITH SAN ANTONIO APCH; I RADIOED BOERNE UNICOM AND ANNOUNCED INTENTIONS TO LAND ON RWY 35 AND ASKED FOR ANY NEARBY TFC. A TOW PLANE ANNOUNCED HOOKING UP A GLIDER; BUT STATED THERE WOULD BE PLENTY OF TIME TO LAND. I CONFIGURED THE PLANE TO LAND AND TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 35; BUT DECIDED TO ABORT THE LNDG NOT BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THE BRAKING DISTANCE AND THE TOW/GLIDER PLANES OFF THE END OF RWY 35. PWR WAS APPLIED; I LIFTED OFF; RETRACTED GEAR AND FLAPS AND FLEW 3-4 MI TO THE N. THE TOW PLANE ANNOUNCED HE WAS OFF TO THE S OF RWY 17; I DID A 180 DEGS AND PREPARED TO LAND ON RWY 17. I REDUCED PWR; APPLIED FLAPS; PUT GEAR LEVER DOWN; CONTINUED ON 1 MI FINAL FOR RWY 17 WATCHING THE TREES AT THE BEGINNING END OF RWY 17 AND LOOKING FOR THE TOW/GLIDER TFC. I FLARED FOR TOUCHDOWN AND EXPERIENCED A WHEELS UP LNDG. SKIDDED APPROX 700-800 FT ON THE PAVEMENT. MASTER WAS TURNED OFF AND I EXITED PLANE. FAA CALLED AND PLANE WAS RELEASED TO BE TOWED OFF RWY. AFTER DETERMINING THERE WAS NO FIRE; I CHKED THE COCKPIT AND FOUND THE BREAKER TO THE HYD PUMP FOR THE LNDG GEAR WAS TRIPPED. THE ACFT WAS JACKED UP; BREAKER RESET; AND GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED. PLANE WAS TOWED TO HANGAR FOR REPAIRS. NO PAX ON THIS FLT. NO DAMAGE TO THE ARPT; NO PLT INJURY AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT IN THIS INCIDENT.

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