# Incident 20211020017209I: Cessna 550, Sarasota, FL, October 20, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2021, 12:55 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N750TB-2022-09-14) (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: P&W CANADA JT15D-4
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211020017209I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY TAMPA ATCT, ON OCTOBER 20, 2021 AT 1647 LOCAL, A CESSNA CITATION C550, N750TB, REGISTERED TO LOCK HAVEN AIRCRAFT SALES INC., DEPARTED SARASOTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSRQ) AND STRUCK MULTIPLE LARGE BIRDS ENROUTE TO OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AIRPORT (KOBE). UNKNOWN METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION (THE) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT WING FUEL TANK WAS PUNCTURED.

NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO CONTACT THE PILOT IN COMMAND.

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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