# NTSB WPR25LA107: Cessna T207A, N9317M, Tusayan, AZ, February 7, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: February 6, 2025, 17:45 local (Feb 7, 2025, 00:45 UTC) - Place: Tusayan, AZ · Runway 21 - Coordinates: 35.952361, -112.14697 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9524&lon=-112.1470&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 199800 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA107 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199800/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199800 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA107 ## Probable cause An encounter with wind gusts, which resulted in a loss of control and a collapse of the nose landing gear. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T207A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073615), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: pitch control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation; cases with it: [Cessna T207A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md?model=2073615), [All aircraft, 526 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T207A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2073615), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Flight instrument malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/334); cases with it: [Cessna T207A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/334/sequence.md?model=2073615), [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/334/sequence.md) - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T207A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2073615), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he delayed his departure due to wind gusts. During the takeoff roll he encountered a wind gust and the airplane departed the runway surface momentarily. The airplane then rapidly entered a nose down attitude and subsequently landed hard. The nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage keel beam. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies could have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9317M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9317M), registered now, S/N 20700680, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A - Registry model: [Cessna T207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (registry code 2073615) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520-M](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-m) (registry code 17266, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20700680 - Year built: 1980 - Airframe hours: 22315.3 - Engines: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-M 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Operator: Westwind Aviation Inc - Registered owner: Westwind Aviation Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, December 13, 2024, 57.9 hours before - Destination: SEZ, Sedona, AZ - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: GCN, Grand Canyon Ntl Park, runway 03/21, 8,999 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 23; injuries: minor; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 30, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 717.1 total, 22.9 in this make and model, 551.6 as pilot in command, 66.4 in the last 90 days, 27.5 in the last 30 days, 2.1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 240° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 21 °F - Altimeter: 30.07 inHg - Observed at: KGCN, 1 nm away - METAR: METAR KGCN 060054Z 24009KT 10SM CLR 12/M06 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP141 T01171056= ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250206000899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250206000899A), Feb 6, 2025: Cessna T207A, Grand Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. 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… ## Other investigations on N9317M (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 LAX03LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA164), May 26, 2003: Cessna T207A (N9317M), Page, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to a oil starvation induced catastrophic internal failure of the engine caused by the rotation of the number 2 cylinder main bearing. This narrative was modified on… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 29, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199800. 24.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 23.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18619576&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photograph (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 278 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18692253&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photograph-Rel.pdf - Record of conversation examination (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 67 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18652199&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.