# Incident 20221230018789I: Cessna 525B, Key Largo, FL, December 30, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2022, 14:00 local time
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Airport: Ocean Reef Club
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 6TSA
- Location: 25.3243° N, 80.2757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEAN REEF CLUB (07FA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.3243&lon=-80.2757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N651CG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,640 total, 805 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221230018789I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/30/2022, AT APPROX. 19:00Z, AT THE OCEAN REEF CLUB AIRPORT (07FA), KEY LARGO, FL., A CE-525 AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE WHILE BACK TAXING RUNWAY 5 INTO A PARKING SPOT LOCATED ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RAMP AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  A RAMP AGENT DIRECTED THE CE-525 AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE LEFT TURN INTO THE PARKING SPOT THAT WAS LOCATED NEXT TO A PARKED AIRCRAFT.  ACCORDING TO THE PIC, WHEN THE CE-525 AIRCRAFT WAS HALFWAY THROUGH THE 180 DEGREE TURN, THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK A TREE THAT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 FEET FROM THE RAMP’S SURFACE.  DURING THE TURN, BOTH CREWMEMBERS WERE HEADS UP AND FOCUSED ON THE RAMP AGENT AND THE PARKED AIRCRAFT; NEITHER CREWMEMBER SAW THEIR CE-525 AIRCRAFT ENCROACHING ON A GROUP OF FOUR (4) TREES AS THEY MADE THE TURN.  UPON IMPACT, THE CREW COMPLETED THE SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST AND EVACUATED THE FOUR (4) PASSENGERS.  THE CREW EVALUATED THE AIRCRAFT FOR SPILLS AND FOUND NO SAFETY ISSUES.  THE OCCUPANTS OF CE-525 AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF TWO (2) CREWMEMBERS AND FOUR (4) PASSENGERS, WHICH REPORTED NO INJURIES.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND (R/H), OUTBOARD, LEADING EDGE (L.E.) OF THE WING, R/H L.E. RIB, AND L.E. OF THE R/H WINGTIP.  APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN (16) INCHES IN LENGTH OF L.E. DAMAGE.  TEMPORARY REPAIRS WERE MADE BY AN A&P W/I.A. TO OBTAIN SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 135, ON DEMAND OPERATIONS.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

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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