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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Destin, FL · June 30, 2011

Date: June 30, 2011 · 19:45 local
Place: Destin, FL
Airport: Destin
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N782ST
Reported as: Cessna 550
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,500 total500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N782STRegistered now · Cessna 550S/N 550-0679 · Built 1991 Airframe modelCessna 550 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 seriesTurbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed taxiway and hit taxi sign while exiting runway 32 at Destin, Florida. PIC privacy data omitted was at the controls and SIC privacy data omitted was completing the after landing checklist at the time sign was contacted. The aircraft returned to the taxiway and continued to the FBO to drop off passengers. The crew did not see any damage during a post flight inspection and departed Destin for mobile shortly afterwards.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TAXIWAY AND HIT TAXI SIGN WHILE EXITING RUNWAY 32 AT DESTIN, FLORIDA. PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND SIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COMPLETING THE AFTER LANDING CHECKLIST AT THE TIME SIGN WAS CONTACTED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE TAXIWAY AND CONTINUED TO THE FBO TO DROP OFF PASSENGERS. THE CREW DID NOT SEE ANY DAMAGE DURING A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION AND DEPARTED DESTIN FOR MOBILE SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.