Détails:
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 date: 15-03-2003
type: Cessna 501 Citation I/SP
registration: N70FJ
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | samedi 15 mars 2003 |
| Heure: | 14:25 MST |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Cessna 501 Citation I/SP |
| Compagnie: | Dancing Wind Aviation |
| Immatriculation: | N70FJ |
| Numéro de série: | 501-0073 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1978 |
| Heures de vol: | 7120 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Williams International FJ44-2A |
| Equipage: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 1 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 28 km (17.5 milles) ESE of Carey, ID ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Élévation des lieux de l'accident: | 1716 m (5630 feet) amsl |
| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Privé |
| Aéroport de départ: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Hailey-Friedman Memorial Airport, ID (SUN/KSUN), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot incapacitation for unknown reasons."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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accident date: 15-03-2003
type: Cessna 501 Citation I/SP
registration: N70FJ
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Salt Lake City International Airport, UT et Hailey-Friedman Memorial Airport, ID est de 355 km (222 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
La distance entre Salt Lake City International Airport, UT et Hailey-Friedman Memorial Airport, ID est de 355 km (222 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
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