# Incident 19930811033399I: Cessna 551, Grand Rapids, MI, August 11, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1993, 05:02 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N551BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 551
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,700 total, 3,900 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930811033399I

## Narrative

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

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 20170324002189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170324002189A), Mar 24, 2017: Cessna 550 (N551BC), Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. While N551BC a citation 550 was descending through 6,000 MSL it encountered a birdstrike. Pilot reported some control issues but landed safely at kslc.…
- [Incident 19981006041059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981006041059I), Oct 6, 1998: Cessna 550 (N551BC), El Paso, TX, Minor damage. (-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…

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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