Cessna 441 Conquest crash, Jan 5, 2002 (5 killed), Río Gr...
Cessna 441 Conquest accident on January 5, 2002 near Río Grande, Puerto Rico with 5 fatalities. Cause: The pilot continued visual flight into...
- Date: January 5, 2002
- Aircraft: Cessna 441 Conquest
- Location: Río Grande, Puerto Rico
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain. Low clouds were a contributing factor.
A privately operated Cessna 441 Conquest II on a visual flight from Culebra to San Juan, Puerto Rico, flew into low cloud and terrain on El Yunque mountain near Rio Grande. The pilot had filed no flight plan and had not obtained a weather briefing. All five occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.