# Accident 20250206000899A: Cessna T207A, Grand Canyon, AZ, February 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2025, 17:45 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WIWA
- Location: 35.9524° N, 112.1470° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9524&lon=-112.1470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9317M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9317M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073615, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-M (registry code 17266, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 717 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250206000899A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2025, CESSNA 207 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DURING TAKEOFF FROM GRAND CANYON (GCN) AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) STATED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS AT 40 KNOTS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ACCELERATING DURING TAKEOFF. DESPITE HOLDING THE ELEVATOR CONTROL FORWARD, THE AIRCRAFT’S NOSE AND UPWIND WING LIFTED OFF THE GROUND TWICE, BOUNCING BACK DOWN BOTH TIMES. ON THE SECOND BOUNCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE PILOT FORCED THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR25LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA107), Feb 7, 2025: Cessna T207A (N9317M), Tusayan, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: An encounter with wind gusts, which resulted in a loss of control and a collapse of the nose landing gear.

## Other reports on N9317M (1)

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

- [Accident 20030526021649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030526021649A), May 26, 2003: Cessna T207A (N9317M), Page, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Following a normal start and pre-takeoff run up, the aircraft departed pga for a part 91 repositioning flight to gcn. According to the pilot's statement,…

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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