Cessna 340 crash, Nov 6, 2000 (1 killed), Selma
Cessna 340 accident on November 6, 2000 near Selma, California, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot tried a visual approach and landing in...
- Date: November 6, 2000
- Aircraft: Cessna 340
- Location: Selma, California, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot tried a visual approach and landing in instrument conditions and did not follow instrument flight rules procedures.
A Cessna 340 air ambulance flight was carrying an organ transplant nurse to Selma, an uncontrolled airport. The pilot tried two approaches to runway 28 and then a final approach to runway 10 in ground fog, and the aircraft struck vineyard poles and canal berms short of the runway. The pilot was killed and the passenger was seriously injured.