Cessna 650 Citation III crash, Feb 7, 2009 (2 killed), Tr...
Cessna 650 Citation III accident on February 7, 2009 near Trigoria, Lazio, Italy with 2 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control after spatial disorientation...
- Date: February 7, 2009
- Aircraft: Cessna 650 Citation III
- Location: Trigoria, Lazio, Italy
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Loss of control after spatial disorientation during the night climb in IMC. The captain's control inputs steepened the left bank, and crew coordination and CRM shortcomings contributed.
A Cessna Citation III on a positioning flight from Rome Ciampino to Bologna, to pick up a medical team for an air ambulance mission, took off in night instrument conditions. Shortly after the climb it entered an uncontrolled descent and struck the ground near a cattle barn in Trigoria. Both pilots were killed and the aircraft disintegrated on impact.