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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 551 · Grand Rapids, MI · August 11, 1993

Date: August 11, 1993 · 05:02 local
Place: Grand Rapids, MI
Airport: Kent County International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N551BC
Reported as: Cessna 551
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,700 total3,900 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N551BCRegistered now · Cessna 550S/N 550-0242 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 550 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On flare for landing, pilot lost all visual sight of runway. Drifted off runway. Landed onto sod, nose gear folded.

As the FAA filed it

ON FLARE FOR LANDING, PILOT LOST ALL VISUAL SIGHT OF RUNWAY. DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY. LANDED ONTO SOD, NOSE GEAR FOLDED.

Other reports on N551BC · 2

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

Accident 20170324002189ADescent · Salt Lake City, UTWhile N551BC a citation 550 was descending through 6,000 MSL it encountered a birdstrike. Pilot reported some control issues but landed safely at kslc. Horizontal stabilizer received significant damage.Mar 24, 2017 · Substantial damage Incident 19981006041059IDescent · El Paso, TX(-5)On October 5, 1998, 0940 MDT, Cessna CE-500-550, N551BC declared an emergency due to cabin pressure loss. Aircraft then made a rapid descent from FL390 to FL260 before making contact with ATC. This decent caused an altitude and proximity conflict with…Oct 6, 1998 · Minor damage