# Accident 20161204016719A: Cessna 500, Gunnison, CO, December 4, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2016, 18:55 local time
- Place: Gunnison, CO
- Airport: Gunnison-Crested Butte Regiona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5344° N, 106.9317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5344&lon=-106.9317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N332SE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N332SE-2019-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,267 total, 142 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161204016719A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/4/16 AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO GUNNISON-CRESTED BUTTE AIRPORT AFTER REPORTING LOW ON FUEL. AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. MINOR INJURIES TO PILOT WHO WAS SOLE OCCUPANT.

## 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 CEN17LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA047), Dec 5, 2016: Cessna Citation 500 (N332SE), Gunnison, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to fly a stabilized approach and his inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to ensure that the airplane…

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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