Beechcraft Beechjet 400 crash, Dec 11, 1991 (9 killed), M...
Beechcraft Beechjet 400 accident on December 11, 1991 near Mt Lavender, Georgia, United States with 9 fatalities. Cause: The captain's decision to fly...
- Date: December 11, 1991
- Aircraft: Beechcraft Beechjet 400
- Location: Mt Lavender, Georgia, United States
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The captain's decision to fly visually into known mountainous terrain with low ceilings, and the flightcrew's failure to maintain awareness of their proximity to terrain.
A Beechjet 400 owned by Bruno's Inc. left Rome, Georgia, for Huntsville, Alabama, on a short IFR-planned trip. While waiting for a clearance in low ceilings, the crew turned right to avoid higher terrain and flew into Mt Lavender, which had no ground proximity warning. All nine occupants, including several Bruno's executives, were killed.