The Portuguese is about to get a bumper new contract from Real Madrid , and that payrise will come in handy as he prepares for a monster repair bill after the incident last Monday evening.
Eyewitnesses report that the plane's landing gear broke on impact with the runway, forcing emergency services into action.
One of the runways at El Prat was closed for a short time after the incident, in which nobody was hurt but the pilot was attended to for very minor injuries.#RMCF | El avión de Cristiano Ronaldo se estrella en Barcelona https://t.co/w6II8braR9 pic.twitter.com/y9cccRqc3s— Diario SPORT (@sport) September 29, 2016
Ronaldo bought the Gulfstream G200 last year for some £15million, and sometimes leases his plane out for private clients.
The player himself wasn't on board. The 31-year-old was with his Madrid teammates in Germany preparing for the Champions League clash against Borussia Dortmund.