# NTSB investigations: Cessna 550 A list on [Cessna 550](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550.md). Matched to the registry by N-number and event date, newest first. - [NTSB WPR26MA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26MA063.md): Cessna 550 · Statesville, NC · Accident · 7 fatal · Class 2 · Major · Preliminary report · Dec 18, 2025 · N257BW · Substantial damage > On December 18, 2025, at 1015 eastern standard time, a Cessna Citation 550, N257BW, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Statesville, North Carolina. The pilot and 6 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14… - [NTSB CEN24FA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA320.md): Cessna 550 · Odessa, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Aug 20, 2024 · N689VP · Destroyed > On August 20, 2024, about 0700 central daylight time, a Cessna 550 airplane, N689VP, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Odessa, Texas. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. A person on the ground was seriously injured. The airplane… - [NTSB GAA24WA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA181.md): Cessna 550 · Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Foreign · May 18, 2024 · N494GP · Minor damage - [NTSB WPR23FA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA257.md): Cessna 550 · Murrieta, CA · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jul 8, 2023 · N819KR · Destroyed > The flight crew’s decision to descend below the decision altitude of an instrument approach without having the appropriate runway visual reference(s) distinctively identified and with the visibility below the minimum that was prescribed for the approach,… - [NTSB CEN23LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA148.md): Cessna 550 · Oklahoma City, OK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 27, 2023 · N550DW · Substantial damage > 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 experience in the airplane, the unstabilized approach, and… - [NTSB CEN22LA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA434.md): Cessna 550 · McGregor, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 27, 2022 · N409ST · Substantial damage > The flight crew’s failure to ensure the landing gear was down which resulted in a gear up landing and subsequent runway excursion. - [NTSB ERA21LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA227.md): Cessna 550 · Charleston, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 2, 2021 · N803SC · Substantial damage > The airplane's impact with a deer during takeoff. - [NTSB WPR19TA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19TA193.md): Cessna 550 · Mesquite, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Final report · Jul 18, 2019 · N320JT · Destroyed > The pilot's operation of the airplane while intoxicated, which resulted in a loss of airplane control on landing. - [NTSB ERA19IA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19IA178.md): Cessna 550 · Savannah, GA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · May 9, 2019 · N744AT · No damage > The lineman's inadvertent introduction of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) to the fuel truck fuel system icing inhibitor reservoir, which resulted in fuel contamination and a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the fixed-base operator's… - [NTSB CEN19LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA039.md): Cessna 550 · Fargo, ND · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 30, 2018 · N941JM · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to lower the flaps during the approach and maintain sufficient airspeed while flying in instrument meteorological and icing conditions and the accumulation of ice on the wings’ leading edges, which resulted in the exceedance of the… - [NTSB GAA17CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA207.md): Cessna 550 · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 24, 2017 · N551BC · Substantial damage > An in-flight collision with a goose during approach. - [NTSB CEN17LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA136.md): Cessna 550 · Port Aransas, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 5, 2016 · N75WL · Substantial damage > An in-flight collision with multiple birds, which resulted in separation of the right engine's fan rotor and subsequent total loss of power of the right engine. - [NTSB ERA15LA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA380.md): Cessna 550 · Sarasota, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 2015 · N622PG · Substantial damage > The pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point and to adequately slow the airplane within the available runway, which resulted in a runway overrun. - [NTSB CEN13TA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13TA113.md): Cessna 550 · Oklahoma City, OK · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Dec 21, 2012 · N753CC · Substantial damage > The flight crew's decision to fly close behind a heavy airplane, which did not ensure there was adequate distance and time in order to avoid a wake turbulence encounter with the preceding heavy airplane’s wake vortex, which resulted in a loss of airplane… - [NTSB ERA13LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA061.md): Cessna 550 · Greenwood, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 17, 2012 · N6763L · Substantial damage > Collision with a deer during the landing roll, which resulted in a compromised fuel tank and a postimpact fire. - [NTSB ERA11FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA001.md): Cessna 550 · Manteo, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 2010 · N262Y · Substantial damage > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper airspeed and his failure to initiate a go-around, which resulted in the airplane touching down too fast on a short, wet runway and a subsequent runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was the copilot's… - [NTSB WPR09LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA171.md): Cessna 550 · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 2009 · N44FR · Substantial damage > The uncommanded retraction of the right main landing gear hydraulic actuator strut for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB ERA09LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA130.md): Cessna 550 · Wilmington, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 4, 2009 · N815MA · Substantial damage > A loss of engine power due to the crew's inadequate in-flight fuel monitoring. - [NTSB CHI07MA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07MA160.md): Cessna 550 · Milwaukee, WI · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jun 4, 2007 · N550BP · Destroyed > The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilots’ mismanagement of an abnormal flight control situation through improper actions, including failing to control airspeed and to prioritize control of the… - [NTSB NYC07FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA058.md): Cessna 550 · Butler, PA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 24, 2007 · N492AT · Substantial damage > The copilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed, and failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, and the pilot-in-command's inadequate supervision, which resulted in an overrun. Contributing to the accident was the PIC's failure to activate the speed… - [NTSB ANC05LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA150.md): Cessna 550 · Ft Yukon, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 2005 · N77ND · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper use of anti-icing equipment during cruise flight, which resulted in ice ingestion into both engines (foreign object damage), the complete loss of engine power in both engines, and an emergency descent and landing on tree covered terrain.… - [NTSB MIA04LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA124.md): Cessna 550 · Venice, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 2004 · N792MA · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall and undershoot of the runway. - [NTSB FTW02LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA154.md): Cessna 550 · Bethany, OK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 2002 · N13VP · Substantial damage > the anomalous elevator trim system and the pilot's failure to note its improper setting prior to takeoff. - [NTSB DCA02WA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA02WA027.md): Cessna Citation C-750 · Zurich, Switzerland · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Mar 20, 2002 · N999CX - [NTSB MIA00LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA063.md): Cessna 550 · Homestead, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 1, 2000 · N752CC · Substantial damage > An inadvertent in-flight collision with a bird in cruise flight resulting in substantial damage to the airplane. - [NTSB NYC99IA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99IA079.md): Cessna 550 · State College, PA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 25, 1999 · N37MH · Minor damage > Improper assembly of the left main landing gear (LMLG) actuator by the airplane manufacturer, which resulted in an incorrect 'locked' indication on the LMLG switch, and the subsequent collapse of the LMLG during taxi. - [NTSB MIA96FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA051.md): Cessna 550 · East Naples, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 1995 · N91MJ · Destroyed > The pilot's disregard for the MDA for a specific segment of the VOR/DME approach which resulted in the inflight collision with a guy wire of an antenna and separation of 8.5 feet of the left wing. - [NTSB FTW95WA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95WA227.md): Cessna 550 · Soto Cano, Honduras · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · May 6, 1995 · N26496 · Substantial damage - [NTSB MIA95WA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95WA120.md): Cessna 550 · Walkers Cay, Bahamas · Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation · Apr 26, 1995 · N7RC · Destroyed - [NTSB FTW93TA#06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93TA%2306.md): Cessna CE-550 · Comayagua, Honduras · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 17, 1993 · N2734K · Substantial damage - [NTSB SEA93GA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93GA041.md): Cessna 550 · Billings, MT · Accident · 8 fatal · Final report · Dec 18, 1992 · N6887Y · Destroyed > The pilot-in-command's failure to follow established vortex avoidance procedures, as published in the airman's information manual, to provide his own wake turbulence separation. - [NTSB FTW93WA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93WA026.md): Cessna 550 · Comayagua, Honduras · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Oct 5, 1992 · N26494 · Substantial damage - [NTSB FTW90FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA002.md): Cessna 550 · Hurdle Mills, NC · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1989 · N53CC · Destroyed > Impairment of the pilot-in-command (PIC) due to drugs/medication, chemotherapy and fatigue; failure of the PIC to assure that the IFR (instrument) apch procedure was followed; and his failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude (mda). Inadequate… - [NTSB FTW83AA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83AA104.md): Cessna 550 · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 7, 1983 · N222WL · 2 aircraft · Destroyed > After landing on rwy 31L, the aircrew of N100VV requested clearance to turn off to the right at midfield onto rwy 22. The request was approved & the aircrew was instructed to use caution for a cherokee proceeding from the opposite direction. The plt of N100VV… - [NTSB LAX74OL007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74OL007.md): Cessna 172L · Sonoyta, Mexico · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 14, 1973 · N1256T · Substantial damage - [NTSB MIA71DKG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71DKG61.md): Cessna 310 · Cornelia, GA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 3, 1971 · N6846T · Substantial damage ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c ON c."mKey" = a.case_mkey WHERE a.aircraft_model_code IN ('2076604') ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550/ntsb --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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