Rockwell Grand Commander 690 crash, Sep 27, 1993 (2 killed)
Rockwell Grand Commander 690 accident on September 27, 1993 near Lansing-Capital Region, Michigan, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot...
- Date: September 27, 1993
- Aircraft: Rockwell Grand Commander 690
- Location: Lansing-Capital Region, Michigan, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot did not keep control of the aircraft during intermittent operation of the electric attitude gyro. Contributing factors were an intermittent electrical inverter and his failure to use the vacuum gyro and other instruments. The pilot's toxicology showed alcohol.
A Grand Commander on a positioning flight from Lansing to Battle Creek departed in instrument conditions and reported a problem soon after takeoff. It made a series of turns and changes in altitude before descending steeply into trees and the ground. Both pilots were killed.