# Accident 20060722022549A: Cessna 550, Marathon, FL, July 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Airport: Marathon Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.7261° N, 81.0514° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7261&lon=-81.0514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N466SS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,600 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060722022549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING AT MARATHON AIRPORT (MTH) ENROUTE TO MARATHON JET CENTER, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OF A CESSNA CITATION N466SS, S/N 550-0626 COLLAPSED. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS UP AND SUPPORTED SUFFICIENT FOR AN INSPECTION, IT WAS REVEALED THAT IN INTEGRAL PIN NECESSARY FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE EXTENDED LANDING GEAR WAS MISSING.

## 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 MIA06LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA130), Jul 22, 2006: Cessna 550 (N466SS), Marathon, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation for undetermined reasons of the stud (P/N 6541204-5) which secures the main landing gear actuator assembly side brace to the main landing gear outer cylinder, allowing partial collapse…

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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