Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II crash, Dec 22, 2006 (5 killed)
Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II accident on December 22, 2006 near Greenhead, Florida, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: The pilot-in-command's...
- Date: December 22, 2006
- Aircraft: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II
- Location: Greenhead, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot-in-command's improper planning and decision to continue into known adverse weather, which led to an encounter with a level 5 thunderstorm.
A Cessna 421B on a private flight from Destin to Marsh Harbour was given weather warnings before departure and vectored around storms. The pilot later asked for a block altitude because he was in and out of cloud, then stopped communicating. The aircraft was found destroyed near Greenhead, and the NTSB concluded it had flown into a level 5 thunderstorm.