Cessna 501 Citation I crash, Mar 15, 2012 (5 killed), Fra...
Cessna 501 Citation I accident on March 15, 2012 near Franklin-Macon County, North Carolina, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's...
- Date: March 15, 2012
- Aircraft: Cessna 501 Citation I
- Location: Franklin-Macon County, North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to achieve a stabilised approach, leading to a nose-first bounced landing, plus use of only one thrust reverser, which created asymmetric thrust as the aircraft was already uncontrolled. This follows the NTSB narrative in the input.
A Cessna Citation I/SP (N7700T) on approach to Macon County Airport in Franklin, North Carolina, was high on its first approach and then steepened on the second. It touched down nose first, bounced and banked right, and the right wing struck the runway. The aircraft flipped off the runway and burned. The death toll reported in early news accounts varies, but the input lists five.