20240925017879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Fort Pierce, FL · September 25, 2024

Date: September 25, 2024 · 14:00 local
Place: Fort Pierce, FL
Airport: Treasure Coast International
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N55WL
Reported as: Cessna 550
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor

N55WLRegistered now · Cessna 550S/N 550-0140 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 550 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 seriesTurbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

This office received notification from the roc of an event on 9/25/2024 at Treasure Coast International (kfpr) involving a Cessna 550, tail privacy data omitted. The report indicated the aircraft experienced a flat tire during the takeoff phase of flight. And was towed back to the ramp.

Personnel from this office inspected privacy data omitted and found the front nose gear with severe damage including a broken wheel, broken fork, appearance of heat damage to race and bearing housing.

As the FAA filed it

THIS OFFICE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE ROC OF AN EVENT ON 9/25/2024 AT TREASURE COAST INTERNATIONAL (KFPR) INVOLVING A CESSNA 550, TAIL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE REPORT INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE DURING THE TAKEOFF PHASE OF FLIGHT. AND WAS TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP.

PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE INSPECTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND FOUND THE FRONT NOSE GEAR WITH SEVERE DAMAGE INCLUDING A BROKEN WHEEL, BROKEN FORK, APPEARANCE OF HEAT DAMAGE TO RACE AND BEARING HOUSING.

Other reports on N55WL · 2

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

Incident 20130316003319IClimb · Indianapolis, INThe aircraft experienced an uninitiated shut down of the left engine. No fire warning light illumination or other noticeable indications of the impending shut down were observed by the flight crew. Two attempts to restart the left engine were unsuccessful and…Mar 16, 2013 · No damage Incident 19880505020569INormal Cruise · St Louis, MOEngine spooldown and drop in oil pressure. Shut engine down and diverted. Suspect failure of #4 bearing.May 5, 1988