Cessna 401 crash, Mar 17, 1985 (1 killed), Dorset
Cessna 401 accident on March 17, 1985 near Dorset, Vermont, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: An in-flight encounter with weather and poor pilot...
- Date: March 17, 1985
- Aircraft: Cessna 401
- Location: Dorset, Vermont, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: An in-flight encounter with weather and poor pilot judgment, with VFR flight into instrument conditions and no evidence of aircraft malfunction.
A Cessna 401A flying from Caldwell, New Jersey, to Rutland, Vermont, struck Dorset Mountain about 18 miles south of the airport. The sole pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed.