Cessna 560 Citation Encore crash, Jul 19, 2006 (2 killed)
Cessna 560 Citation Encore accident on July 19, 2006 near Cresco, Iowa, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Poor aeronautical decision-making and...
- Date: July 19, 2006
- Aircraft: Cessna 560 Citation Encore
- Location: Cresco, Iowa, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Poor aeronautical decision-making and inadequate crew resource management, including failure to check the short runway length and to respond to the EGPWS warning, resulting in a landing with insufficient runway.
A Cessna Citation Encore flown under Part 91 by a Part 135 operator's chief pilot diverted to Ellen Church Field at Cresco, Iowa, after severe weather around Rochester. The crew did not check the runway length, which was under 3,000 feet, and the jet overran the runway into a cornfield. The two pilots were killed and two passengers were seriously injured.