Somerville, NJ, USA
N52MM
CESSNA 210N
The private pilot departed on a short flight to a local airport. He said he made a straight in approach and conducted a before landing checklist. Upon landing, the pilot realized the landing gear was still retracted as the airplane settled onto the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. A postaccident examination of the airplane’s landing gear and gear warning horn by a mechanic found no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Though the pilot said he used the before-landing checklist, he failed to extend the landing gear and subsequently landed with the gear retracted.
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear up landing and substantial damage to the fuselage.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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