Cessna 401 crash, Aug 28, 2006 (7 killed), Whick
Cessna 401 accident on August 28, 2006 near Whick, Kentucky, United States with 7 fatalities. Cause: Continued flight into instrument meteorological...
- Date: August 28, 2006
- Aircraft: Cessna 401
- Location: Whick, Kentucky, United States
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions by a non-instrument-rated pilot, followed by failure to maintain airspeed and an inadvertent stall; thunderstorm weather was a contributing factor.
A privately flown Cessna 401 with seven people aboard was approaching its destination after a long cross-country flight through thunderstorms and rain squalls. The pilot, who was not instrument rated, entered a rain squall, lost airspeed and stalled. The aircraft hit the ground in an almost vertical descent and all seven occupants died.