Rockwell Grand Commander 690 crash, Mar 27, 2003 (2 killed)
Rockwell Grand Commander 690 accident on March 27, 2003 near Homerville, Georgia, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: An in-flight encounter with...
- Date: March 27, 2003
- Aircraft: Rockwell Grand Commander 690
- Location: Homerville, Georgia, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: An in-flight encounter with unforecast severe turbulence, causing the airframe design limits to be exceeded and an overload failure of the airframe.
A Rockwell Aero Commander 690B on a ferry flight from Mount Pleasant to Titusville was in cruise at 27,000 feet when it encountered unforecast severe turbulence. It accelerated and lost altitude rapidly, then broke up in flight and came down in a swampy area near Homerville, Georgia. NTSB materials testing found the airframe failed from overload. The pilot had not obtained a weather briefing.