Cessna 550 N409ST

Summary

On 27 September 2022 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 550 registered N409ST was involved in an accident near McGregor, Texas, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 September 2022 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

McGregor, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

McGregor Executive Airport (PWG)

Coordinates

31.4441, -97.4092

Aircraft

Cessna 550

Registration

N409ST

Category

Airplane

Year built

1987

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Addison → McGregor

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA434

Nobody was injured.

The flight crew’s failure to ensure the landing gear was down which resulted in a gear up landing and subsequent runway excursion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The captain reported that the airplane was on a stabilized approach when, just before the airplane touched down, he heard a horn activate. He did not realize that the landing gear was not fully down until the nose landing gear touched down and he heard metal grinding. The airplane veered off the right side of the runway and came to rest about 20 ft from the edge. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the bottom of the fuselage. The captain’s recollection of the landing gear selection was “fuzzy” following the accident. A postaccident functional test of the landing gear system showed normal extension and retraction. No other preaccident failures or malfunctions were noted with the airplane or systems that would have precluded normal operations. The lack of anomalies indicated that the flight crew failed to ensure the landing gear was down before landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.