# NTSB CEN25LA371: Cessna 560, N560RT, Dallas, TX, September 6, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 6, 2025, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Coordinates: 32.679931, -96.867975 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6799&lon=-96.8680&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 12, 2026
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA-FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200962
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA371
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200962/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200962
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA371

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 560, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=2076750), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 560, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2076750), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md)
- [Landing gear system: gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 560, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=2076750), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 560, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=2076750), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna 560, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2076750), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, during an instrument approach, he forgot to extend the landing gear and that he landed with the landing gear retracted. Subsequently, the airplane slid on the runway before it came to rest. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N560RT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N560RT), registered now, S/N 5600125, built 1991 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Registry model: [Cessna 560](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (registry code 2076750) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5a) (registry code 52080, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5600125
- Year built: 1991
- Airframe hours: 7427.9
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5A 2900 lbs thrust turbo fan; Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5A 2900 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sav Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: Unknown, March 4, 2025
- Departed: DWH, Houston, TX
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: RBD, Dallas Executive, runway 31, 7,130 × 100 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Data recorder, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 23, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 5,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.13 inHg
- Observed at: KRBD
- METAR: KRBD 061853Z 30004KT 10SM FEW013 OVC070 19/16 A3013 RMK AO2 RAB1758E08 SLP196 P0000 T01940161=

## 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 20250906014709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250906014709A), Sep 6, 2025: Cessna 560, Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. On 09/06/25, at approximately 14:12, a Cessna 560 aircraft, landed gear up at krbd on runway 31. The aircraft touched down at approximately the 1,000 foot…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 12, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200962. 2.1 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19728192&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 416 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19728009&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf

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.

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