Last updated: 31 July 2021
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | Thursday 21 January 2016 |
| Time: | 06:16 |
| Type: |  Cessna 560XL Citation Excel |
| Operator: | Airsprint |
| Registration: | C-GCXL |
| MSN: | 560-5096 |
| First flight: | 2000 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ) ( Canada)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL), Canada |
| Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ), Canada | |
| Flightnumber: | ASP596 |
The Cessna 560XL aircraft operating as flight 596 had a right main landing gear tire blow shortly after touchdown on runway 05. The crew maintained directional control of the aircraft and brought it to a safe stop on the runway. The runway was closed until maintenance personnel replaced the wheel assembly.
The aircraft sustained damage to strobe light, gear door, gear door strut, hydraulic lines, flap actuator, top skin of wing trailing edge, wing lower skin, and main wheel.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Tire failureRunway mishap
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, QC to Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON as the crow flies is 503 km (315 miles).
Distance from Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, QC to Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON as the crow flies is 503 km (315 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
