Light jet

N666DS

1985 Cessna Citation SII

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1985
Serial
S550-0056
Class
Light jet
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Daviator LLC (LLC)
Based
Homer, AK
Registration record

N666DS on the FAA register

Type
1985 Cessna Citation SII (FAA: Cessna S550)
Serial
S550-0056
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
Registered owner
Daviator LLC
Homer, AK
Certificate issued
2024-07-19
Airworthiness date
1991-12-23
Registration expires
2031-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A8CADF
Mode S (octal)
52145337
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
1,840 nm
Cruise (type)
386 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-22
    Accident at San Diego, CA; damage: destroyed.
  • 2024-07-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N666DS.
  • 1991-12-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 1985
    Manufactured (1985).
Overview

About N666DS

N666DS is a 1985 Cessna Citation SII (FAA model S550), serial number S550-0056. The FAA register lists Daviator LLC as the registrant in Homer, Alaska. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 19, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, two Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 engines and 8 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 386 knots and a range of about 1,840 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated December 23, 1991.

N666DS has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: destroyed); details are below.

Cruise
386 kt
Range
1,840 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
3,240 ft
Landing over 50 ft
4,500 ft
Fuel burn
219 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

2025-05-22 Accident · San Diego, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · WPR25FA161
Reported aircraft: Cessna S550
Preliminary report: On May 22, 2025, at 0347 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna Citation S550, N666DS, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near San Diego, California. The pilot and five passengers were fatally injured. Eight people on the ground received minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane departed Teterboro Airport (TEB), Teterboro, New Jersey, on May 21, about 2309 eastern daylight time (2009 PDT) and arrived at Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO), Wichita, Kansas, about 0148 central daylight time (2348 PDT). The airplane was refueled with 548 gallons of Jet-A fuel before departing about 0236 central…
NTSB report ↗

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.