# Accident 20050309003349A: Cndair CL6001A11, Tupelo, MS, March 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2005, 13:12 local time
- Place: Tupelo, MS
- Airport: Tupelo Municipal - C D Lemons
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2692° N, 88.7719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2692&lon=-88.7719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N660RM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6001A11
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050309003349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND COPILOT CONTROL COLUMN CONTAINED A MICROPHONE PLUG NEXT TO THE CONTROL COLUMN BASE. THE MICROPHONE JACK RECEPTACLE WAS BENT TO 90 DEGREES TO THE CONTROL COLUMN ON THE COPILOT SIDE. IT APPEARS THAT THE JACK RECEPTACLE AND/OR THE MICROPHONE JACK MAY HAVE PREVENTED THE CONTROL COLUMN FROM MOVING AFT WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ROTATE THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL05FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA061), Mar 9, 2005: Canadair CL-600 (N660RM), Tupelo, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate design of the microphone jack assembly Supplemental Type Certificate by production design personnel resulting in the aft restriction of the control column at rotation airspeed, aborted…

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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