# Incident 20250615007299I: Messerschitt-Bolkow-Blohm BO 209 MONSUN, El Cajon, CA, June 15, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2025, 11:46 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N209DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BO 209 MONSUN (registry code 5626007, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bo-209-monsun) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MESSERSCHITT-BOLKOW-BLOHM BO 209 MONSUN
- 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/20250615007299I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 15, 2025, THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT FLEW FROM GILLESPIE FIELD (KSEE) TO BROWN FIELD (KSDM) THEN BACK TO KSEE. PER THE PILOT STATEMENT, THE FLIGHT TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. DURING THAT TIME THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY UNUSUAL CHARACTERISTICS. ON APPROACH TO KSEE THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 27L. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY, MAINS FIRST THEN THE NOSE GEAR. DURING THE ROLLOUT, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR VEERED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AND COLLAPSED INWARD RESTING ON THE SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR FORK. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FALL FORWARD ONTO THE COWLING STRIKING THE PROPS ON THE RUNWAY.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY AND WAITED FOR AIRPORT OPERATIONS TO ASSIST.  UPON RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM NTSB TO CLEAR THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO HANGAR FOR MAINTENANCE.  IF ANY ADDTIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAIABLE THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED.

## Other reports on N209DB (1)

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

- [Incident 19990515017449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990515017449I), May 15, 1999: Bolkms BO209MONSUN (N209DB), Ann Arbor, MI, Minor damage. The circlip at the end of the nose gear shaft failed due to inadequate groove depth. This allowed the shaft to come out of the bearing in the shimmy damper.…

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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