# Accident 20250522005679A: Cessna S550, San Diego, CA, May 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2025, 03:47 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: San Diego Montgomery
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8031° N, 117.1060° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8031&lon=-117.1060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N666DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N666DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna S550 (registry code 2076607, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-s550) (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 S550
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-4
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Other injuries: 8
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 90 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250522005679A

## Narrative

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

ON THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:47AM LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA CITATION S550 CRASHED WHILE ON APPROACH TO SAN DIEGO MONTGOMERY FIELD (KMYF). THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, SERIOUSLY DAMAGING MULTIPLE HOMES AND VEHICLES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER A PART 91 FLIGHT AND HAD DEPARTED FROM TETERBORO ON MAY 21 AT 11:15PM EST WITH AN INTERMEDIATE STOP IN WICHITA. IT DEPARTED WICHITA AT 2:36AM CDT. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD WAS 6., BUT THE FILED IFR FLIGHT PLAN LISTS A PLANNED PASSENGER COUNT OF 5. FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE CONFIRMED NO GROUND FATALITIES.

THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IS A CESSNA S550 “CITATION II/S”, MANUFACTURED IN 1985.

THE AIRCRAFT CHECKED IN WITH SOCAL TRACON AND REQUESTED THE RNAV 28R APPROACH INTO MONTGOMERY FIELD. THE CONTROLLER ISSUED KNKX (MARINE CORP AIR STATION MIRAMAR) HOURLY WEATHER OBSERVATION TO THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN CLEARED FOR THE RNAV 28R APPROACH AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE MONTGOMERY FIELD COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY (CTAF) APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES BEFORE THE NESTY WAYPOINT. NO DISTRESS CALLS OR FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED. THE KMYF AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM (ASOS) WAS NOT OPERATIONAL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE KNKS WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS:

METAR KNKX 220955Z 00000KT 1/2SM VV002 15/14 A2990

METAR KNKX 221055Z 00000KT 1/2SM VV002 14/14 A2989

THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK ELECTRICAL HI-TENSION WIRES BEFORE LOSING CONTROL AND STRIKING A LIGHT POLE AND IMPACTING A RESIDENTIAL STREET. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## 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 WPR25FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA161), May 22, 2025: Cessna S550 (N666DS), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 6 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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