Cessna 550 Citation Bravo crash, Feb 14, 2010 (2 killed)
Cessna 550 Citation Bravo accident on February 14, 2010 near Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Saxony, Germany with 2 fatalities. Cause: The crew attempted an...
- Date: February 14, 2010
- Aircraft: Cessna 550 Citation Bravo
- Location: Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Saxony, Germany
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew attempted an aerobatic manoeuvre the aircraft was not designed for and the pilots were not trained for, lost spatial orientation at night, and could not recover. Crew coordination problems also contributed.
A Cessna 550 Citation Bravo on a positioning ferry flight from Prague at night was deliberately flown through an unapproved aerobatic roll. The crew then lost spatial orientation, and the aircraft pitched up, went inverted, and entered a near-vertical dive that ended near Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna in Germany. Both pilots were killed.