# Accident 20070604012579A: Cessna 550, Milwaukee, June 4, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Milwaukee
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DJQA
- Location: 43.0367° N, 87.8564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0367&lon=-87.8564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550BP-2015-05-13) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07MA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07MA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070604012579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 4, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 CDT, A CESSNA CE-550 JET, N550BP, SERIAL NUMBER 550-0246, REGISTERED TO TOY AIR INC., CRASHED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN AFTER DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 1L AT MILWAUKEE'S GENERAL MITCHELL AIRPORT (MKD) DURING A PART 135 ON DEMAND FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND WAS FOUND IN FIFTY-THREE FEET OF WATER. THE TWO PILOTS AND FOUR PASSENGERS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY ONE LEFT AND FLEW THE BREW THREE STANDARD INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE ROUTE THAT CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING: FLY RUNWAY HEADING UNTIL TWO THOUSAND FEET THEN TURN TO ASSIGNED HEADING. RADAR CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) WAS ESTABLISHED. THE RADAR DATA SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT REACHED FOUR THOUSAND FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), LEVELED OFF FOR A SHORT CLIMB THEN BEGAN A CLIMB. JUST AFTER BEGINNING ITS CLIMB TO FIVE THOUSAND FEET MSL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A LEFT TURN AND STARTED TO LOSE ALTITUDE. THE LAST KNOWN BEACON RADAR HIT SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT AT EIGHTEEN HUNDRED FEET WITH A GROUND SPEED OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY KNOTS.

## 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 CHI07MA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07MA160), Jun 4, 2007: Cessna 550 (N550BP), Milwaukee, WI, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilots’ mismanagement of an abnormal flight control situation through improper actions, including…

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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