Rockwell Grand Commander 690 crash, Jan 3, 2004 (1 killed)
Rockwell Grand Commander 690 accident on January 3, 2004 near Cortez, Colorado, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's inadequate approach...
- Date: January 3, 2004
- Aircraft: Rockwell Grand Commander 690
- Location: Cortez, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's inadequate approach planning and failure to maintain airspeed led to a stall. Low-altitude maneuvering to lose height and the failure to fly a missed approach were contributing factors, with snowfall also a factor.
A Rockwell Commander 690A on a ferry flight from Mesa to Cortez made a VOR approach into snow and low ceilings. It arrived high and fast, banked steeply to lose altitude and turned around, then stalled and went down near the airport. The single pilot was killed.