# NTSB ATL00LA050: Cessna 501, N56LW, Orlando, FL, May 2, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 2, 2000, 19:13 local (23:13 UTC) - Place: Orlando, FL - Coordinates: 28.428888, -81.316108 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4289&lon=-81.3161&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 30, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Orlando FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 49107 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL00LA050 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49107/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA050 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to follow the landing checklist that resulted in the delay of lowering the landing gear before touchdown. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause) - landing gear - delayed, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis While en route to land, the pilot silenced the landing gear warning horn. Just prior to touch down, the pilot attempted to lower the landing gear. The airplane touched down with the landing gear in transit, and the right landing gear collapsed. The examination and the functional check of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem with the landing gear extension and retraction system. The pilot also did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane. The pilot stated that he forgot to lower the landing gear, as stated in the normal pre-landing checklist. ## Factual narrative On May 2, 2000, at 1913 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 501, Citation, N56LW, landed with the right main landing gear partially extended on runway 18 at the Orlando International Airport, in Orlando, Florida. The personal flight was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The flight departed Leesburg, Florida, at 1850. According to the pilot, while enroute to land he silenced the landing gear warning horn and forgot to lower the landing gear. Just prior to the touchdown, the pilot attempted to lower the landing gear. The airplane touched down with the landing gear in transit, and the right landing gear collapsed. The airplane skidded approximately 2500 feet on the runway surface before coming to a complete stop on the runway. The right wing assembly received structural damage, and leaked jet fuel from the bottom side of the right wing assembly. The examination and the functional check of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem with the landing gear extension and retraction system. The pilot also did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane. Reportedly, the pilot stated that he forgot to lower the landing gear, as instructed in the normal pre-landing checklist. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N56LW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56LW), registered now, S/N 501-0314, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 501 - Registry model: [Cessna 501](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-501) (registry code 2076603) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1a) (registry code 52110, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 501-0314 - Airframe hours: 4063 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney JT15D-1A 2200 lbs thrust turbo jet - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Larry M. Phillips - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: AAIP, January 14, 2000, 43 hours before - Departed: LEE, Leesburg, FL - Destination: MCO, Orlando, FL - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: MCO, Orlando International Airport, runway 18R, 12,000 × 200 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review August 2, 1999; seat: left; flight hours: 3,132 total, 776 in this make and model, 2,279 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 100° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.09 inHg - Observed at: MCO, 1 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000502011399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000502011399A), May 2, 2000: Cessna 501, Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 3, 2000, at 1913 EST, a Cessna citation 501, N56LW, owned and operated by[privacy data omitted] landed on runway 18R at the Orlando International… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.