Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 crash, Apr 4, 1998 (4 killed)
Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 accident on April 4, 1998 near Marietta, Georgia, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: Failure of both pilots to see and...
- Date: April 4, 1998
- Aircraft: Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1
- Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Failure of both pilots to see and avoid conflicting traffic, and the 172 pilot's failure to operate the transponder as required. Contributing factors were the controller's failure to observe the conflict, the lack of radar conflict alert capability, and training emphasis on maximum autopilot use.
A Cessna 525 CitationJet departing DeKalb-Peachtree and a Cessna 172 on a power line patrol collided in visual conditions near Marietta, Georgia, at about 3,400 ft on converging courses. All six people on both aircraft died. The 172 was largely hidden from the CitationJet crew by the jet's structure, and its transponder was off.