Cessna 550 N803SC

Summary

On 2 May 2021 at about 00:39 local time, a Cessna 550 registered N803SC, operated by STB Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Charleston, South Carolina, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 May 2021 at 00:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Charleston Exec (JZI)

Coordinates

32.6948, -80.0030

Aircraft

Cessna 550

Registration

N803SC

Category

Airplane

Year built

1989

Engines

2

Operator

STB Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Columbia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA227

Nobody was injured.

The airplane's impact with a deer during takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during takeoff, the airplane collided with two deer just after rotation. He continued the climbout and assessed that the flight controls functioned normally, but that the airplane was having issues with pressurization, and he was unable to communicate via radio. He eventually was able to contact air traffic control via mobile phone to coordinate their arrival at the destination and landed there uneventfully. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it had sustained substantial damage to the right wing and its pressure vessel during the collision with the deer.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.