# Accident 20240809012789A: Cirrus Design Corp SF50, Watsonville, CA, August 9, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2024, 18:15 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9348° N, 121.7911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9348&lon=-121.7911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727VB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N727VB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SF50 (registry code 2130010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sf50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ33-5A (registry code 66015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj33-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SF50
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ33-5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 444 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240809012789A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 9TH, 2024 AT 1815 LOCAL TIME AN SF-50 LANDED AT WATSONVILLE AIRPORT UNDER DAY VMC CONDITIONS AND SKIDDED OFF OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UP AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN.  THIS WAS A PART 91 FLIGHT WITH THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND ONE PASSENGER AS THE SOLE OCCUPANTS, NEITHER OCCUPANT WAS INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE BULKHEAD AND STARBOARD NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL FORMER.

## 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 WPR24LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA278), Aug 10, 2024: Cirrus Design SF50 (N727VB), Watsonville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent use of the landing gear control handle instead of the flaps selector switch during the landing rollout, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear.

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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