# Accident 20230327005949A: Cessna 550, Bethany, OK, March 27, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2023, 13:22 local time
- Place: Bethany, OK
- Airport: Wile35y Post
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5300° N, 97.6455° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5300&lon=-97.6455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550DW-2024-05-02) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,303 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230327005949A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A DAY PART 91 VFR/IFR FLIGHT FROM WILLEY POST, BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, PWA TO PELLA MUNICIPAL, IOWA, PEA AND RETURN TO WILLEY POST. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO COLLECT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND FRIEND AND RETURN TO PWA. THE PILOT COMPLETED FLIGHT SAFETY INITIAL TRAINING 03/17/2023 IN THE CESSNA 550 AIRCRAFT. HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN A CE-550 WAS 03/27/2023.

THE FLIGHT TO PEA WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE RETURN FLIGHT AND DECENT WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE PILOT STATED DURING THE APPROACH “I FELT MY MENTAL LEVEL INCREASE AS I KNEW OUR SHARED MENTAL MODEL WAS MINIMUM AT BEST AND AT THIS POINT, I PHYSICALLY WENT FROM GREEN TO YELLOW”. THE PILOT EXCEPTED VECTORS ILS 35R BUT GOT A VISUAL TO 35R WITH A 2-MILE FINAL. THE PILOT OR COPILOT NEVER ASKED FOR THE ILS 35R.

THE PILOT OVERSHOT 35R CENTER LINE BY 1 ¾ MILES AND CORRECTED TO CENTER LINE. THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT ON FINAL, WAS HIGH AND FAST. AS THE PILOT APPROACHED THE RUNWAY, HE PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE NOSE AND MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF 35R, IMPACTED SERVAL RUNWAY LIGHT AND RUNWAY SIGNS. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE WAS DAMAGED AND WENT FLAT. THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED TWO RUNWAY SIGNS AND CUT OPEN THE BOTTOM OF THE WING. THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK WAS DAMAGED AND A UNKNOW ABOUT OF FUEL WAS LOST ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT NOR COPILOT INITIATED A GOING UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE GROUND.

THE PILOT OR COPILOT WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THE APPROACH OR LANDING PHASE OF THIS FLIGHT.

IT WAS UNCLEAR WHICH PILOT STARTED THE GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AND ENTERED A HOLDING PATTERN. AFTER A FEW TURNS IN HOLDING THE CREW DECIDED TO FLY TO WILL ROGERS, OKC. A LANDING AT WIL ROGERS WOULD PROVIDE A LONGER RUNWAY, FIRE AND RECUSE PERSONNEL.

DURING LANDING AT WILL ROGERS AIRPORT BOTH MAIN TIRES WERE BLOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT SEVERAL TAXI LIGHTS. NO OTHER ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

## 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 CEN23LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA148), Mar 27, 2023: Cessna 550 (N550DW), Oklahoma City, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, runway excursion, and subsequent collision with a runway sign. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of…

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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