Cessna 414 Chancellor crash, May 9, 1998 (2 killed), Tene...
Cessna 414 Chancellor accident on May 9, 1998 near Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos, Canary Islands, Spain with 2 fatalities. Cause: Collision with an...
- Date: May 9, 1998
- Aircraft: Cessna 414 Chancellor
- Location: Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos, Canary Islands, Spain
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Collision with an obstacle during a VFR approach in IMC conditions, with the pilot's limited experience, marginal weather, possible spatial disorientation, and high cockpit workload as contributing factors.
A Rentair Cessna 414 on a taxi flight from Tenerife Sur to Tenerife Norte was instructed to make a special VFR approach as weather deteriorated. At an insufficient altitude it struck a house under construction and crashed into a garden. Both occupants were killed.