# Accident 20121221028639A: Cessna 550, Oklahmoma City, OK, December 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2012, 10:00 local time
- Place: Oklahmoma City, OK
- Airport: Will Rogers
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4042° N, 97.5886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4042&lon=-97.5886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N753CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N753CC-2015-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,097 total, 420 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13TA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13TA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121221028639A

## Narrative

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

N753CC WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 17L AT KOKC.  THEY WERE CLEARED TO LAND BEHIND A HEAVY AIRBUS AND ATC  ISSUED "CAUTION, WAKE TURBULANCE"  N753CC WAS APPROXIMATLEY 53 SECONDS BEHIND THE AIRBUS ON APPROACH.  ON SHORT FINAL N753CC ENCOUNTERED THE WAKE OF THE AIRBUS AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  MINOR INJURIES WERE INVOLVED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO STAY ABOVE THE FLIGHT PATH AND LAND BEYOND THE TOUCHDOWN POINT OF THE AIRBUS.

## 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 CEN13TA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13TA113), Dec 21, 2012: Cessna 550 (N753CC), Oklahoma City, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's decision to fly close behind a heavy airplane, which did not ensure there was adequate distance and time in order to avoid a wake turbulence encounter with the preceding heavy…

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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