# Accident 20210604007659A: Cessna 560XL, Aspen, CO, June 4, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2021, 09:40 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2175° N, 106.8662° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2175&lon=-106.8662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N615RG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,590 total, 150 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210604007659A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/04/2020 AT APPROXIMATELY (0940) HRS (MDT), N615RG, SN 560-5016, CESSNA 560XL, AFTER LANDING RUNWAY 15, ASPEN/PITKIN COUNTY AIRPORT, CO., (KASE). THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE RIGHT WING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FLAP, OUTBOARD SPEEDBRAKE, WINGTIP AND LOWER WING SKIN WHICH SUFFERED ABRASION DAMAGE OVER AN AREA ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 5-6 FEET LONG. THIS INCLUDES THE FORWARD SPAR, FOUR WING RIBS/END RIB). COPILOT AND THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, VISUAL METEOROLGICIAL CONDITIONS (VMC) EXISTED DURING THE TIME.

## 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 CEN21LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA259), Jun 4, 2021: Cessna 560XL (N615RG), Aspen, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the landing gear handle for reasons that could not be determined, which caused the right main landing gear to collapse during the landing roll.

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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