# Incident 20241023019099I: Cessna 441, Scottsdale, AZ, October 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2024, 11:40 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N779CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N779CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TPE331-SER series (registry code 33909, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tpe331-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241023019099I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT PREPARED FOR A FLIGHT FROM SCOTTSDALE AZ TO LONG BEACH CA.  THE PILOT ADDED TAKEOFF POWER AND VERIFIED PERFORMANCE WAS NORMAL.  AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 25 KTS ON THE DEPARTURE ROLL IT STARTED TO VEER TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND RE-VERIFIED POWER WAS WITHIN LIMITS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PULL LEFT SO THE PILOT PULLED POWER TO IDLE BUT THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND ENTERED THE INFIELD WHERE LARGE ROCKS PEPPERED THE AIRFRAME LEAVING DENTS IN THE PORP AND MAKING HOLES IN THE AIRCRAFT SKIN.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE ROCK INFIELD WHERE IT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE RAMP.

## Other reports on N779CC (1)

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

- [Accident 20160108000339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160108000339A), Jan 8, 2016: Cessna 441 (N779CC), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. On January 8, 2016, at approximately 0900, the aircraft was repositioning from dtl to FAR. On climb-out from dtl the left engine ?fuel pressure low? Light had…

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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