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NTSB incident investigation · Cessna 550 · Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis · May 18, 2024

Incident · No injuriesClass 3 · Foreign
Date
May 18, 2024, 20:22 local (20:22 UTC)
Place
Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis
Injuries
6 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N494GPCessna 550
Defining event
Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Parties
FAA AVP-110, Textron Aviation
Case key
194379

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N494GP
Reported as
Cessna 550
Category
Airplane
Serial number
550-0627
Built
1990
Engines
P&W Canada JT15D-4, 2,500 lbs thrust, turbo fanP&W Canada JT15D-4, 2,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Casas Funerales Vida
Registered owner
Aerotrust Services Corp Trustee
Departed
SKB · Basseterre, OF
Destination
OPF · Miami, FL

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.