# Accident 20020502009659A: Cessna 560CESSNA, Leakey, TX, May 2, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Leakey, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7453° N, 99.7508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7453&lon=-99.7508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N397QS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N397QS-2002-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560CESSNA
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020502009659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH A FENCE, CROSSED HWY 83, THROUGH ANOTHER FENCE AND INTO A FIELD WITH A LOT OF TREES. AIRCRAFT BURNED AFTER STRIKING A TREE. THERE WAS NO NMAC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (.19) ON MAY 2, 2002, AT 1430 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 560 ULTRA JET AIRPLANE, N397QS, FRACTIONALLY OWNED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND OPERATED BY NETJETS OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT OVERRAN RUNWAY 15 AT THE REAL COUNTY AIRPORT (49R), LEAKEY, TEXAS. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), THE FIRST OFFICER (FO), AND THEIR 4 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 CORPORATE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, AT 1315. AFTER LANDING ON THE 3,975 FOOT RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE DEPARTURE END AND COLLIDED WITH TREES. A POST-IMPACT FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE OCCUPANTS EGRESSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW02LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA136), May 2, 2002: Cessna 560 (N397QS), Leakey, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilots failure to land the aircraft at the proper touchdown point on the runway to allow adequate stopping distance.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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