Cessna 750 Citation X crash, Mar 1, 2012 (5 killed), Egel...
Cessna 750 Citation X accident on March 1, 2012 near Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany with 5 fatalities. Cause: Not determined in the sources reviewed. The...
- Date: March 1, 2012
- Aircraft: Cessna 750 Citation X
- Location: Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined in the sources reviewed. The flight data show a late and steep descent on a night visual approach.
A Citation X on a business flight from Linz to Bratislava with a planned stop at Egelsbach came down during a night visual approach to Egelsbach after the crew changed from instrument to visual procedures. The jet descended well below the planned path, struck trees about 3.6 km from the runway, broke up and burned. All five people aboard were killed.