C210 PLT LANDS GEAR UP.

2006-05 · NASA ASRS report 699273

Date: 2006-05 · Aircraft: Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C; 210D

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|ground-event-encounter-gear-up-landing

Synopsis

C210 PLT LANDS GEAR UP.

Narrative

I WAS FLYING SOLO PRACTICING FOR A FLT REVIEW. I DEPARTED MISSOULA; MT; AND FLEW TO ST IGNATIUS; WHERE I DID 6 LNDGS (2 TOUCH-AND-GOES; AND 4 FULL STOP). DURING THIS TIME I DID NOT CYCLE THE GEAR TO SAVE WEAR AND TEAR. I WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD APCHS AND THE STALL WARNING WAS ON AT EACH TOUCHDOWN. AFTER DEPARTING THERE I FLEW W TOWARD PERMA; MT; TO A PVT; PAVED LNDG STRIP AND INTENDED TO DO A TOUCH-AND-GO THERE TO CHK OUT THE APCH. I OVERFLEW ONE TIME AND SET UP FOR THE APCH. I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH THE CHKLIST MANUALLY (GUMPS) AND PASSING RIGHT OVER THE GEAR PORTION STILL THINKING THE GEAR WAS STILL DOWN. I HAD BEEN DEALING WITH THE STALL WARNING COMING ON DURING MY PREVIOUS LNDGS. ON THE TOUCHDOWN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE STALL WARNING WAS IN FACT THE GEAR WARNING AND BEFORE I REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING THE TAIL TOUCHED DOWN. I CONSIDERED GIVING PWR AND ATTEMPTING TO FLY OFF AS I COULD SEE THE PROP HAD NOT YET TOUCHED; HOWEVER; IT WAS PAVED AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT NOT GETTING OFF AND CRASHING AT THE END SO I LET THE PLANE SLIDE TO A STOP. I WAS UNHURT IN ANY WAY. FBO PERSONNEL CAME OUT WITH A CREW AND RAISED THE PLANE; LOWERED THE GEAR; INSTALLED A NEW PROP; OBTAINED A FERRY PERMIT AND FLEW THE PLANE BACK TO MISSOULA FOR REPAIR. I WAS TOLD THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THE SITUATION WOULD PROBABLY BE TREATED AS AN INCIDENT. DURING INSURANCE DISCUSSION THE ADJUSTER POINTED OUT THAT I WAS NOT CURRENT ON MY ANNUAL AND MY MEDICAL WAS PAST THE 24 MONTH PERIOD (I UNDERSTOOD 36). BOTH SITUATIONS ARE BEING REMEDIED. IN RETROSPECT I CAN SEE HOW MY MIND WORKED AND I BYPASSED THAT PORTION OF THE CHKLIST AND IGNORED THE STALL (GEAR) WARNING. HOWEVER; THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR MY COMPLACENCY AND NOT CONFIRMING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. IT IS BY FAR THE MOST HUMILIATING EVENT IN MY LIFE. I AM SCHEDULING A FLT REVIEW AS SOON AS THE PLANE IS REPAIRED AND INTEND TO PROCEED FURTHER WITH RECURRENCY WITH MY INST RATING.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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