20200519006259A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 501 · Houston, TX · May 19, 2020

Date
May 19, 2020 · 19:10 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Hobby
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N501KM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN20LA185
Reported as
Cessna 501
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,107 total1,324 in this make and model

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.

Main landing gear selected down at or about 3 mile final, indicator revealed unsafe gear, controller and swa crew reported to PIC, gear down, the PIC elected to continue with landing after executing emergency extension maneuvers. At touch down the l/h MLG collapsed and the aircraft veried left, departing the runway into the separation infield, near the intersection of taxiways l & m.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN AT OR ABOUT 3 MILE FINAL, INDICATOR REVEALED UNSAFE GEAR, CONTROLLER AND SWA CREW REPORTED TO PIC, GEAR DOWN, THE PIC ELECTED TO CONTINUE WITH LANDING AFTER EXECUTING EMERGENCY EXTENSION MANEUVERS. AT TOUCH DOWN THE L/H MLG COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VERIED LEFT, DEPARTING THE RUNWAY INTO THE SEPARATION INFIELD, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS L & M.

NTSB investigation

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