# Incident 20220815007859I: Cessna 560, Aspen, CO, August 15, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2022, 15:43 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 4RBA
- Location: 39.1952° N, 106.8368° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aspen, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1952&lon=-106.8368&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977MR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N977MR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535A (registry code 52134, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw535a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW535A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 31,734 total, 899 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220815007859I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/15/2022, N977MR, A PART 135 FLIGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LOST CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT ASPEN-PITKIN AIRPORT, COLORADO. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE AND STRUCK TAXIWAY SIGNS BEFORE RETURNING TO THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS WIND AT 340° AT 7 GUSTING TO 17 KNOTS, CLEAR SKIES WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. THE CREW BEGAN A LOCALIZER APPROACH TO RUNWAY 15 IN VISUAL CONDITIONS. THE TOWER REPORTED TO THE CREW THAT THE PREVIOUS AIRCRAFT REPORTED AIRSPEED DEVIATIONS OF ± 10-15 KNOTS ON FINAL. PER THE STATEMENT OF BOTH PILOTS, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A TAILWIND AND DID A SLIGHT S TURN TO BLEED OFF EXTRA ENERGY. DURING THE LANDING FLARE, THE CREW ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN AND A STRONG CROSSWIND WHICH OBSCURED THE RUNWAY. THE CREW STATED THAT THE CROSSWIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THEY IMPACTED TWO TAXIWAY SIGNS BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL STEERING HAD BROKEN AND COCKED 90° PREVENTING TAXI. POST-ACCIDENT SHOWED BOTH FLAPS DAMAGED AND TWO PUNCTURES IN THE RIGHT WING WHICH ALLOWED FUEL TO LEAK OUT. FURHTER DAMAGE NOTED TO THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY AND NOSE GEAR WHEEL SIDE WALL PANELS.

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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