Cessna 560 N560RT
6 September 2025 · Dallas, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 6 September 2025 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 560 registered N560RT was involved in an accident near Dallas, Texas, United States. 2 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.
The record
- Date
- at 19:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Dallas Executive (RBD)
- Coordinates
- 32.6799, -96.8680
- Aircraft
- Cessna 560
- Registration
- N560RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1991
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Houston → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN25LA371
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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