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FAA accident report · Cessna 560XL · Eugene, OR · April 27, 2012

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Date
April 27, 2012 · 14:35 local
Place
Eugene, OR
Airport
Mahlon Sweet Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N101PG
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12FA193
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,700 total220 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
N101PGRegistered now · Cessna 680S/N 680-0336 · Built 2012Airframe modelCessna 680Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW306CTurbo-fan

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What happened

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

At approximately 1430 on April 27, 2012, Cessna citation 560XL, N101PG, made a normal approach to landing on runway 16R at Mahlon Sweet Field in Eugene, OR. Both pilot and co-pilot state that the normal pre-landing checks verified that the gear handle was in the down and that the gear position indicator lights were all green. Landing touch down was normal. The pilot stated that just as the nose wheel touched down, and as he was preparing to engage the engine thrust reversers, the gear warning horn went off, followed approximately two seconds later by the collapse of the left hand main landing gear. The pilot stated that the left main collapse was followed approximately two seconds later by the nose landing gear and followed shortly by the right main landing gear. The co-pilot stated that he thought the nose and right main landing gear collapsed almost simultaneously. The left wing tip dragged on the runway for 1540 feet, and the aircraft came to rest slightly to the left of the center line. The left wing has severe abrasion damage and abrasion though the skin from the tip to approximately 4 feet inboard. The left flaps have abrasion damage and the flap tracks are ground down. The area around the nose gear doors is severely abraded, the belly skid plate is severely worn.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 ON APRIL 27, 2012, CESSNA CITATION 560XL, N101PG, MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 16R AT MAHLON SWEET FIELD IN EUGENE, OR. BOTH PILOT AND CO-PILOT STATE THAT THE NORMAL PRE-LANDING CHECKS VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN AND THAT THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ALL GREEN. LANDING TOUCH DOWN WAS NORMAL. THE PILOT STATED THAT JUST AS THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, AND AS HE WAS PREPARING TO ENGAGE THE ENGINE THRUST REVERSERS, THE GEAR WARNING HORN WENT OFF, FOLLOWED APPROXIMATELY TWO SECONDS LATER BY THE COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSE WAS FOLLOWED APPROXIMATELY TWO SECONDS LATER BY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE CO-PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE LEFT WING TIP DRAGGED ON THE RUNWAY FOR 1540 FEET, AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE.THE LEFT WING HAS SEVERE ABRASION DAMAGE AND ABRASION THOUGH THE SKIN FROM THE TIP TO APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET INBOARD. THE LEFT FLAPS HAVE ABRASION DAMAGE AND THE FLAP TRACKS ARE GROUND DOWN. THE AREA AROUND THE NOSE GEAR DOORS IS SEVERELY ABRADED, THE BELLY SKID PLATE IS SEVERELY WORN.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB WPR12FA193Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportEugene, ORAn uncommanded landing gear retraction after touchdown for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.Apr 27, 2012 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N101PG · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20150727012739ITakeoff: Climb Out · Sacramento, CAOn depature from smf the nose landing gear failed to retract all the way. The returned back to the runway extended the gear normally and landed without incidentJul 27, 2015 · No damage