# Incident 20171118019169I: Cessna 550, Cincinnati, OH, November 18, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2017, 19:30 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YCOA
- Location: 39.1030° N, 84.4176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CINCINNATI MUNI/LUNKEN FLD (LUK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1030&lon=-84.4176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N577MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N577MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada 530A (registry code 52153, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-530a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA 530A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 25,500 total, 70 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171118019169I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/19/2017, THE PILOT OF N577MC REPORTED TO THE CINCINNATI POLICE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A BULLET HOLE IN THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER INDICATING A TOP TO BOTTOM TRAJECTORY. THE HOLE WAS DISCOVERED DURING HIS WALK AROUND OF THE AIRCRAFT ON 11/19/2017. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT LUK THE NIGHT BEFORE AROUND 1930 WITH NO DAMAGE THAT HE WAS AWARE OF. HE STATED THE HOLE WAS NOT THERE PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE FROM PBI TO LUK. THE FAA AND CINCINNATI POLICE INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED FROM THE DAMAGE, THE TRAJECTORY OF THE POSSIBLE BULLET/OBJECT ENTERED THE TOP OF THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND EXITED THROUGH THE BOTTOM. INSPECTION OF THE AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED COULD NOT DETERMINE WHERE THE BULLET/OBJECT CAME FROM. ALSO THE INVESTIGATION WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BULLET/OBJECT THAT GENERATED THE HOLE.

REVIWED BY DWS 12/27/2017

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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