Accident: Cessna 560
Sep 2, 2021 · Farmington, CT
NTSB numberERA21FA346Event id20210902103791
- 4
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command’s failure to release the parking brake before attempting to initiate the takeoff, which produced an unexpected retarding force and airplane-nose-down pitching moment that prevented the airplane from becoming airborne within the takeoff distance available and not before the end of the airport terrain. Contributing to the accident were the airplane’s lack of a warning that the parking brake was not fully released and the Federal Aviation Administration’s process for certification of a derivative aircraft that did not identify the need for such an indication.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Cessna 560
- Registration
- N560AR
- Year built
- 2009
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Takeoff Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Hartford Brainard Airport (HFD)10 nm (18 km) east
- Bradley International Airport (BDL)16 nm (30 km) north-east
- Waterbury Oxford Airport (OXC)18 nm (33 km) south-west
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