Cessna 500 Citation crash, Mar 8, 2005 (2 killed), Charal...
Cessna 500 Citation accident on March 8, 2005 near Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga, Miranda, Venezuela with 2 fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The...
- Date: March 8, 2005
- Aircraft: Cessna 500 Citation
- Location: Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga, Miranda, Venezuela
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The approach was misaligned in instrument conditions, but no official report or stated cause was located.
A Cessna 500 Citation on a positioning flight from Maturin to Charallave could not establish visual contact on the first approach and went around. On the second attempt it broke out of cloud at about 800 feet, not lined up with the runway, and turned away to avoid the control tower. It crashed in woodland and burned, killing both pilots.