N262Y (Cessna 550) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on March 25, 1971.

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

October 1, 2010Accident
According to postaccident written statements from both pilots, the pilot-in-command (PIC) was the pilot flying and the copilot was the pilot monitoring. As the airplane approached Dare County Regional Airport (MQI), Manteo, North Carolina, the copilot obtained the current weather information.
Cessna 550 Citation II
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. Full accident record

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1981 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N262Y.

August 30, 1968Accident
Failed To See And Avoid Other Aircraft; Exercised Poor Judgment
Waterman W-11