Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Peter O Knight Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Tampa, Florida 33606
Monday, November 24, 2014 11:00 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On November 24, 2014, about 1100 eastern standard time, a Cessna T210N, N610KC, experienced a left main landing gear collapse and runway excursion during landing at Peter O Knight Airport (TPF), Tampa, Florida. The certificated commercial pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, and the left wing tip. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the aerial observation flight that departed Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW), Bartow, Florida, about 1030. The airplane was registered to and operated by U.S. Imaging Inc under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
The pilot reported that the airplane entered a left base and about 4 miles from the airport he extended the landing gear to the "DOWN" position. He observed the green landing gear indicator light, which indicated that the landing gear was in the down and locked position. He further reported that at no time during the approach, did the gear audible warning horn sound to alert the pilot of an unsafe landing gear condition. After touchdown he felt "the left side of the plane sink" and he immediately applied full power. However, due to the insufficient airspeed he decided to perform the "emergency landing."
Initial examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the landing gear handle was in the "DOWN" position and the nose landing gear and right main landing gear were extended and in the locked position. The airplane was raised and the left main landing gear extended and locked into place. The airplane was subsequently towed to a ramp.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/24/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1100 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | TAMPA |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 33606 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 275456N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0822658W |
| Event Location Airport | PETER O KNIGHT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | TPF |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 336 |
| Airport Elevation | 7 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1055 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 41 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KTPF |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 8 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 27 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 23 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 200 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.98 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Southern C-ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 3 2014 4:23PM |
| User who most recently changed record | etcs |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N610KC |
| NTSB Number | ERA15LA058 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | T210N |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | N |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 21064258 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 4016 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 26 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 8583 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | Unknown |
| Aircraft Owner Name | U S IMAGING INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | BARTOW |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 338304938 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | U S IMAGING INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | BARTOW |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 338304938 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Aerial Observation |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | BOW |
| Departure City | BARTOW |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1030 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | TPF |
| Destination City | TAMPA |
| Destination State | FL |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 3 2014 1:46PM |
| User who most recently changed record | etcs |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 22 |
| Runway Length | 3580 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |