# Accident 20210902015219A: Cessna 560XL, Farmington, CT, September 2, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2021, 09:51 local time
- Place: Farmington, CT
- Airport: Robertson Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6976° N, 72.8633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6976&lon=-72.8633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N560AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N560AR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560XL (registry code 2076702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series (registry code 52154, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,400 total, 7,230 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21FA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA346) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210902015219A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPT 2, 2021 AT 0951 EST, AIRPLANE CESSNA CITATION 560XLS+, REGISTRATION N560AR, CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER A FAILED TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 02, ROBERTSON AIRPORT, PLAINVILLE, CT. THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 2 IS FOLLOWED BY A SMALL EXPANSE OF GRASS APROXIMATLY 6FT, FOLLOWED BY AN APPROXIMATE 25 FT ELEVATION DROP OFF.  THE AIRPLANE FAILED TO ROTATE ABOVE ROTATE SPEED WHILE ON TAKE-OFF ROLL ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY OFF THE DROP OFF AND THEN PITCHED NOSE UP.  THE RIGHT WING THEN STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE, APPROXIMATELY 536 FEET OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND IGNITED THE FUEL FROM THE WING.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED A ROLL TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN AN INVERTED ATTITUDE ON THE GRASS OF A LOCAL BUSINESS, SLIDING AND EVENTUALLY IMPACTING THE BUSINESS FACILITY. MOST OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED INSIDE THE BUILDING. FOUR SOULS ON BOARD PERISHED. ONE EMPLOYEE OF THE LOCAL BUSINESS WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL BURN CENTER WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 ERA21FA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA346), Sep 2, 2021: Cessna 560 (N560AR), Farmington, CT, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command’s failure to release the parking brake before attempting to initiate the takeoff, which produced an unexpected retarding force and airplane-nose-down pitching moment that…

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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