# Incident 20030916022149I: Cessna S550, Kansas City, MO, September 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N573BB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA S550
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030916022149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2003, AROUND 10:30AM PILOT WAS LEVEL AT 11,000 FEET CRUISING AT 260K AIRSPEED. HE STATED THAT HE WAS IN CLEAR, SMOOTH AIR WHEN SUDDENLY 10 MILES OUTSIDE NOAH'S ON JAWHAWK 5 APPROACH INTO MCI THE AIRCRAFT STARTED VIBRATING AND SHAKING. THEN SUDDENLY THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY WENT INTO A 30 DEGREE UNCOMMANDED BANK WHILE IN AUTOPILOT. HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE AUTOPILOT LEVELED AND SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO 200 KNOTS, ASKED MCI APPROACH FOR EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING TO LAND WHICH THEY DID. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE IS LOOKING AT THE AIRCRAFT. NO VISIBLE OR APPARENT DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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