# NTSB Accident CEN13TA113
> **CESSNA 550** · 2012-12-21 · Oklahoma City, OK, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN13TA113
- **Event ID:** 20121226X20928
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-12-21
- **Location:** Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.404167, -97.588607
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 550
- **Registration:** N753CC
- **FAR Part:** PUBU
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

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 control during final approach.

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