Cessna 560 accident near Dallas, Texas, September 6, 2025
On September 6, 2025 at about 7:00 pm local time, a 1991 Cessna 560, registered N560RT, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing near Dallas, Texas (Dallas Executive airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 6, 2025 · about 7:00 pm local time
- Place
- Dallas, Texas · Dallas Executive · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 560, built 1991 · all 560s on the register
- Registration
- N560RT · registry record · serial 5600125
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
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.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Landing gear not configured during landing defining event
- Abnormal runway contact during landing (landing roll)
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action › Forgotten action/omission › Pilot
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Use of equip/system › Pilot
- Aircraft › Aircraft systems › Landing gear system › Gear extension and retract sys › Not used/operated
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 5,500 hours in all; 1,200 in this make and model; 55 in the last 90 days; 20 in the last 30 days
- Last flight review: February 23, 2024
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (without waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 7,427.9 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded, March 4, 2025
- Maximum gross weight: 15,900 lb
- Seats: 10
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5A (turbofan); 7,322 hours total
- Engine 2: Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5A (turbofan); 7,320 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: DWH Houston TX at 6:30 pm
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 31, 7,130 ft by 100 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 7,000 ft; a few clouds at 1,300 ft
- Temperature: 66°F (19°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter: 30.13 inHg
- Observation at 1:53 pm from KRBD
Weather report (METAR): KRBD 061853Z 30004KT 10SM FEW013 OVC070 19/16 A3013 RMK AO2 RAB1758E08 SLP196 P0000 T01940161=
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN25LA371.