# Accident 20000101003659A: Cessna 550, Homestead, FL, January 1, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N752CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N752CC-2022-02-05) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000101003659A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) STATED HE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT A T 1,000 FEET, 200 KNOTS, 5 MILES FROM THE DESTINATION AIRPORT WHEN THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH A BIRD ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. THE PIC NOTIFIED THE CONTROL TOWER AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## 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 MIA00LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA063), Jan 1, 2000: Cessna 550 (N752CC), Homestead, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent in-flight collision with a bird in cruise flight resulting in substantial damage to the airplane.

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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