# Accident 20120427007219A: Cessna 560XL, Eugene, OR, April 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2012, 14:35 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1214° N, 123.2072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1214&lon=-123.2072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 680 (registry code 2076811, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C (registry code 52169, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 220 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12FA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120427007219A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR12FA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA193), Apr 27, 2012: Cessna 560XL (N101PG), Eugene, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: An 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…

## Other reports on N101PG (1)

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

- [Incident 20150727012739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150727012739I), Jul 27, 2015: Cessna 680 (N101PG), Sacramento, CA, No damage. On 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 incident

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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