# Accident 20241126022269A: Cirrus Design Corp SF50, Mesa, AZ, November 26, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2024, 17:42 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4581° N, 111.7309° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4581&lon=-111.7309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N701MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N701MK) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,531 total, 484 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241126022269A

## Narrative

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

CIRRUS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ABORTED ITS TAKEOFF AFTER THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A “FLAPPING” SOUND. THE PILOT DID NOT FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER’S PRESCRIBED ABORTED-TAKEOFF PROCEDURES. INSTEAD, HE SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PULLED THE THROTTLE, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO MOMENTARILY LIFT OFF AND THEN CONTACT THE RUNWAY NOSE-FIRST. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ALONG THE RUNWAY, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER, AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY. A FIRST RESPONDER REPORTED OBSERVING A RED PROTECTIVE COVER WITH A STREAMER ON THE AIRCRAFT’S RIGHT SIDE PRIOR TO THE PILOT EXITING THE AIRCRAFT; THIS COVER IS USED FOR THE AIRCRAFT’S ANGLE-OF-ATTACK (AOA) SENSOR. IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOT ASSERTED THAT HE INSTALLED THE AOA COVER AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DID NOT CORRECTLY PERFORM THE MANUFACTURER’S ABORTED-TAKEOFF PROCEDURE.

## 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 WPR25LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA049), Nov 27, 2024: Cirrus Design SF50 (N701MK), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing gear selection during the takeoff roll and failure to maintain airplane control during a rejected takeoff, which resulted in abnormal contact with the runway and a…

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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