Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 crash, Feb 1, 2008 (2 killed)
Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 accident on February 1, 2008 near West Gardiner, Maine, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Pilot spatial disorientation...
- Date: February 1, 2008
- Aircraft: Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1
- Location: West Gardiner, Maine, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot spatial disorientation followed by loss of airplane control, according to the NTSB. The NTSB also cited the pilot's complacency and the night, icing and climbing turn as contributing conditions.
A Cessna CitationJet departed Augusta at night in icing and near-zero visibility on an IFR flight to Lincoln. After the pilot reported an attitude indicator failure, the jet accelerated in a climbing turn and entered a steep descent, breaking up on impact in woods about six miles from the airport. Both occupants were killed.