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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 560XL · April 30, 2008

Date
April 30, 2008 · 09:45 local
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N590AK
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC08LA059
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
26,000 total50 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) According to the pilot, the weather was clear with a 9-10 knot crosswind component from the north. Runway conditions were reported good with soft edges by the pilot and airport manager. On final for runway 23, the pilot applied left rudder and right aileron to compensate for the right crosswind. The aircrafts main wheel touched down slightly left of centerline. When the nose wheel touched down, the aircraft immediately turned hard to the left and departed the runway surface onto the safety area just outside the runway lights. The pilot applied full right brake and full right rudder deflection to line up with centerline. Despite his correction, and with the nose gear cocked fully to the left, the aircraft began to skid in a clockwise direction. The left main gear collapsed, and the right main gear bent backwards. The aircraft rotated 90 degrees clockwise to the runway striking the bottom of the left wing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH A 9-10 KNOT CROSSWIND COMPONENT FROM THE NORTH. RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED GOOD WITH SOFT EDGES BY THE PILOT AND AIRPORT MANAGER. ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 23, THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND RIGHT AILERON TO COMPENSATE FOR THE RIGHT CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFTS MAIN WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTERLINE. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY TURNED HARD TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE ONTO THE SAFETY AREA JUST OUTSIDE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT BRAKE AND FULL RIGHT RUDDER DEFLECTION TO LINE UP WITH CENTERLINE. DESPITE HIS CORRECTION, AND WITH THE NOSE GEAR COCKED FULLY TO THE LEFT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BENT BACKWARDS. THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED 90 DEGREES CLOCKWISE TO THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT WING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.