ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322868
Date: | Saturday 15 March 2003 |
Time: | 14:25 |
Type: | Cessna 501 Citation I/SP |
Owner/operator: | Dancing Wind Aviation |
Registration: | N70FJ |
MSN: | 501-0073 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7120 hours |
Engine model: | Williams International FJ44-2A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 28 km ESE of Carey, ID -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC) |
Destination airport: | Hailey-Friedman Memorial Airport, ID (SUN/KSUN) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Cessna 501 jet departed Salt Lake City for a flight to Sun Valley at 13:40. Cruising altitude was FL350 from which the pilot initiated a descent at 13:59.
Because of poor weather at the destination, the pilot was instructed to enter a holding pattern near Oriye at 15,000 feet and prepare for an RNAV approach. The confirmation by the pilot, at 14:09, was the last contact with the flight. All attempts to contact the pilot failed though the plane was still visible on radar. Around 14:25 the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in muddy and mountainous terrain at an elevation of 5,630 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot incapacitation for unknown reasons."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | SEA03FA045 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Greg Brubaker; Brigham City Airport, UT (BMC/KBMC); February 2003
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