# Incident 20050120000999I: Cessna P206A, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2005, 16:10 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Isla Grande Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: UOIA
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900GD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900GD-2018-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206A (registry code 2073308, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 311 total, 202 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050120000999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PART 91 FLIGHT CONDUCTED TO OWNER OF AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT. DURING TAKE-OFF RUN, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROTATED, THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. WHEN THE PILOT WAS INFORMED OF THE LOSS, HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. NORMAL PATTERN WAS FLOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MINIMUM AIRSPEED. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN IN ORDER TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER OR ENGINE, BUT THE NOSE GEAR FORK WAS GROUND DOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE BOLT AND THE BUCKET-AXEL THAT HOLD THE NOSE WHEEL WERE NEVER FOUND. THE UNDAMAGED NOSE WHEEL WAS RECOVERED.

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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