Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II crash, Oct 29, 2003 (5 killed)
Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II accident on October 29, 2003 near Kelso, California, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: Continued VFR flight into...
- Date: October 29, 2003
- Aircraft: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II
- Location: Kelso, California, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Continued VFR flight into instrument conditions between cloud layers with reduced visibility from smoke, leading to spatial disorientation and loss of control, followed by structural overload in a high-speed descent.
A Cessna 421B on a VFR flight from Bullhead City to Van Nuys entered cloud and smoke over Southern California. It climbed through its filed altitude, then lost control in a high-speed descent and broke up in flight. All five people on board were killed.