# Incident 20031107033119I: Cessna 551, Phoenix, AZ, November 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2003, 15:42 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59GB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59GB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 551 (registry code 2076605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-551) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 551
- Reported engine: PWA JT15*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,120 total, 820 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031107033119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS WAS DESCRIBED AS A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT CONDUCTED BY MR. STEPHENSON FOR MR. HAGEL. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT MR. HAGEL WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS FROM THE LEFT HAND SEAT POSITION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. STEPHENSON, OCCUPYING THE RIGHT SEAT POSITION. DURING A TOUCH AND GO PROCEDURE AT IWA (RUNWAY 30R) ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, MR. STEPHENSON COMMANDED "ROTATE" AT WHICH POINT MR. HAGEL SELECTED GEAR UP (RETRACT). MR STEPHENSON STATED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY SELECTED GEAR DOWN (EXTEND) AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON ITS NOSE AND MR. STEPHENSON THEN POSITIONED THE THROTTLES TO IDLE AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED, HOWEVER THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE RETRACT STAGE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE, GEAR DOORS, AND BOTH PITOT MASTS.

## Other reports on N59GB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980928034789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980928034789A), Sep 28, 1998: Cessna 551 (N59GB), Pueblo, CO, Substantial damage. The pilot stated that it was a normal touch down, two mains touched down first smooth, pushed nose forward when front end started to veer and then oscillate up…

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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