Rockwell Grand Commander 690 crash, Aug 9, 2013 (4 killed)
Rockwell Grand Commander 690 accident on August 9, 2013 near New Haven, Connecticut, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: The pilot failed to...
- Date: August 9, 2013
- Aircraft: Rockwell Grand Commander 690
- Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot failed to maintain airspeed while banking aggressively in and out of clouds to land in gusty tailwind conditions, causing an aerodynamic stall and uncontrolled descent.
A Rockwell 690B Turbo Commander (N13622) from Teterboro was flying a circling approach to New Haven in a gusty tailwind and a low overcast. It banked steeply in and out of cloud near minimum altitude, stalled and descended nose-down into houses, inverted. All four people killed were the two aboard the aircraft, and two people on the ground.