# Accident 20200519006259A: Cessna 501, Houston, TX, May 19, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2020, 19:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6459° N, 95.2769° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6459&lon=-95.2769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501KM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501KM-2020-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 501 (registry code 2076603, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-501) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1A (registry code 52110, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,107 total, 1,324 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200519006259A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN20LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA185), May 20, 2020: Cessna 501 (N501KM), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the left main landing gear down lock, which resulted in a gear collapse upon landing.

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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