Cessna 303 Crusader crash, Feb 12, 1986 (1 killed), Clarion
Cessna 303 Crusader accident on February 12, 1986 near Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Visual flight into marginal weather...
- Date: February 12, 1986
- Aircraft: Cessna 303 Crusader
- Location: Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Visual flight into marginal weather at night, leading to spatial disorientation and an inadvertent stall, according to the NTSB findings summarised by ASN.
A Cessna T303 Crusader operated by Steel City Aviation was on a ferry flight from Cleveland Burke Lakefront to Clarion County Airport when it crashed in woods southwest of the airport on 12 February 1986. The sole pilot was killed. The NTSB found no mechanical or system failure before impact.