# Accident 20220920018369A: Cessna 525B, Pasco, WA, September 20, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2022, 07:15 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri-Cities
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2698° N, 119.1131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2698&lon=-119.1131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N528DV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N528DV-2023-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525B (registry code 2076616, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ44-3A (registry code 66006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj44-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525B
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,800 total, 2,150 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA353) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220920018369A

## Narrative

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

THIS ACCIDENT INVOLVED A CESSNA CITATION 525B (CJ3) OPERATED UNDER PART 91. DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING THE PILOT RECALLS SETTING THE FLAPS AND MOVING THE LANDING GEAR SELECTION HANDLE BUT DID NOT REMEMBER SETTING THE LANDING GEAR IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION. AT THAT TIME IN THE PILOT'S FLOW, HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM ATC REGARDING DEPARTURE TRAFFIC AND ALSO OBSERVED A FLOCK OF BIRDS WHICH DISTRACTED HIM. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SWITCHED HANDS ON THE CONTROLS TO ACCESS THE PUSH TO TALK BUTTON WHEN RESPONDING TO ATC AND DID NOT KEEP HIS HAND ON THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE AS HIS NORMAL OPERATING PRACTICE WOULD DICTATE. THE PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT VERIFY WHETHER THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS DISPLAYED THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND DOES NOT RECALL OBSERVING THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON APPROACH/LANDING. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE SOUND OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDING THAT LASTED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. DURING THIS LANDING SKID THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE. THE PILOT INITIATED AN EVACUATION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND ALL OCCUPANTS ESCAPED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. TESTING AND OBSERVATION WAS CONDUCTED BY NTSB AND TEXTRON. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE TEXTRON REPRESENTATIVE CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS NO ABILITY FOR PARTIAL SELECTION OF LANDING GEAR IN THIS AIRCRAFT. FURTHER, IF A PARTIAL SETTING WAS CHOSEN, THE GEAR HANDLE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY REVERT TO THE UP POSITION. AT THE TIME OF COMPLETION FOR THIS REPORT, THE RESULTS FROM TESTING COMPONENTS HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST A MECHANICAL IRREGULARITY WITH THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.

## 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 WPR22LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA353), Sep 20, 2022: Cessna 525B (N528DV), Pasco, WA, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to ensure the landing gear was extended before landing. Contributing was the pilot’s failure to fly a stabilized approach, and his configuration of the airplane 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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