# Accident 19951231042749A: Cessna 550, Marco Island, FL, December 31, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1995, 12:25 local time
- Place: Marco Island, FL
- Airport: Marco Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0479° N, 81.6987° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0479&lon=-81.6987&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91MJ-2012-07-18) (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 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 13,026 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951231042749A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED OUT OF CLOUDS. HIT ANTENNA GUY WIRE, ROLLED, CRASHED AND BURNED. DESCENDED BELOW MDA.

## 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 MIA96FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA051), Dec 31, 1995: Cessna 550 (N91MJ), East Naples, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's disregard for the MDA for a specific segment of the VOR/DME approach which resulted in the inflight collision with a guy wire of an antenna and separation of 8.5 feet of the left wing.

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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