20010627024399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Blythe, CA · June 27, 2001

Date
June 27, 2001 · 06:15 local
Place
Blythe, CA
Airport
Blythe Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N550BB
Reported as
Cessna 550
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,900 total570 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) This is a current production aircraft in experimental category. The crew was conducting steep approach performance landings. The PIC stated on the last landing the nose gear touchdown was perceptible, but almost immediately the nose continued to pitch down and began to scrape the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS IS A CURRENT PRODUCTION AIRCRAFT IN EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY. THE CREW WAS CONDUCTING STEEP APPROACH PERFORMANCE LANDINGS. THE PIC STATED ON THE LAST LANDING THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHDOWN WAS PERCEPTIBLE, BUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE NOSE CONTINUED TO PITCH DOWN AND BEGAN TO SCRAPE THE RUNWAY.