# Incident 20010627024399I: Cessna 550, Blythe, CA, June 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2001, 06:15 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Airport: Blythe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6192° N, 114.7169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLYTHE (BLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6192&lon=-114.7169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550BB-2017-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW530A (registry code 52065, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw530a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 570 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010627024399I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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