Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 crash, Mar 26, 2000 (1 killed)
Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 accident on March 26, 2000 near Rutherford Ranch (Buda), Texas, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's decision...
- Date: March 26, 2000
- Aircraft: Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1
- Location: Rutherford Ranch (Buda), Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's decision to continue a visual approach in instrument conditions, leading to loss of terrain clearance; fog, drizzle and low ceilings contributed.
A Cessna Citation CJ1 on a positioning flight from Houston to a private airstrip near Buda, Texas, was flown by the sole pilot into fog and drizzle. After cancelling IFR and reporting the field in sight, he continued the visual approach, struck a tree about 4,000 feet from the airport and hit the ground inverted. The pilot was killed.