Narrative:
Impacted into the south wall of the Morning Glory Dairy cold storage facility when encountering problems immediately after takeoff from runway 18.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot not maintaining aircraft control while maneuvering after takeoff and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation. Factors relating to the accident were the pilot's diverted attention while maneuvering after takeoff, the pilot's attempted VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, the pilot's visual lookout not being possible, the low ceiling, snow, and fog, the airplane's low altitude, and the building."
Loss of control
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Monday 2 April 2001 |
| Time: | 16:29 |
| Type: |  Cessna 501 Citation I/SP |
| Operator: | Jet Wings |
| Registration: | N405PC |
| MSN: | 501-0150 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5856 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ashwaubenon, WI ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Green Bay-Austin-Straubel Field, WI (GRB/KGRB), United States of America |
| Fort Myers-Southwest Florida Regional Airport, FL (RSW/KRSW), United States of America |
Impacted into the south wall of the Morning Glory Dairy cold storage facility when encountering problems immediately after takeoff from runway 18.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot not maintaining aircraft control while maneuvering after takeoff and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation. Factors relating to the accident were the pilot's diverted attention while maneuvering after takeoff, the pilot's attempted VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, the pilot's visual lookout not being possible, the low ceiling, snow, and fog, the airplane's low altitude, and the building."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
VFR flight in IMC Loss of control
Sources:
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Map
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Distance from Green Bay-Austin-Straubel Field, WI to Fort Myers-Southwest Florida Regional Airport, FL as the crow flies is 2061 km (1288 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Green Bay-Austin-Straubel Field, WI to Fort Myers-Southwest Florida Regional Airport, FL as the crow flies is 2061 km (1288 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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