# Accident 20020813018359A: Cessna S550, Big Bear, CA, August 13, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2002, 11:15 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KBAA
- Location: 34.2639° N, 116.8656° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2639&lon=-116.8656&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50BK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50BK-2004-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna S550 (registry code 2076607, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-s550) (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 S550
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020813018359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING AT BIG BEAR, CA AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY STOP AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON PAST THE RUNWAY THROUGH THE AIRPORT CHAIN LINK FENCE, THRU A CITY STREET AND FINALLY CAME TO REST IN A DRY LAKE BED (BAKERS POND). AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. PASSENGERS AND FLIGHT CREW WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE AIRCRAFT WITH ONLY ONE PASSENGER REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. (.19) ON AUGUST 13, 2002, AT 1115 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA S550 TWIN-ENGINE JET, N50BK, WAS DESTROYED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT BIG BEAR CITY AIRPORT, BIG BEAR, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO MELITA EAGLE INC., OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, AND WAS OPERATED BY CORPORATE FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), WHO WAS TYPE RATED IN THE CE-500, THE FIRST OFFICER (FO), AND THEIR FIVE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 135 ON-DEMAND AIR TAXI FLIGHT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AT 1030. AFTER LANDING O                   N THE 5,850 FOOT LONG (DISPLACED THRESHOLD DISTANCE 600 FEET), 75 FOOT WIDE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE DEPARTURE END, IMPACTED A PERIMETER FENCE, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN A DRY POND. A POST-CRASH FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE AS THE OCCUPANTS WERE EVACUATING. THE FAA INSPECTOR WHO EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 LAX02LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA252), Aug 13, 2002: Cessna S550 (N50BK), Big Bear City, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point which resulted in an overrun. Contributing factors were the pilot's improper in-flight planning, improper use of performance data, the…

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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