# Incident 20031016026309I: Cessna 525, Albuquerque, NM, October 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2003, 06:50 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N247CW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031016026309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 16, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 0634 MDT, FLIGHT OPTIONS 240, N247CW, A CESSNA CE-525, WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 08 AT THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PILOT FLYING NOTICED AT APPROXIMATELY 50-60 KNOTS THAT THE LEFT BRAKE WAS DRAGGING AND APPROXIMATELY 8-10 SECONDS LATER EXPERIENCED RUDDER REVERSAL. THE PILOT FLYING ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND SHUTDOWN BOTH ENGINES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE WAS DRAGGING CAUSING A FIRE IN THE LEFT WHEEL WELL AND THE LEFT TIRE TO BLOW. TWO CREWMEMBERS WERE ABOARD WITH NO PASSENGERS. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE CREW HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING AND WERE ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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