Cessna 501 Citation I crash, Jan 12, 2014 (4 killed), Tri...
Cessna 501 Citation I accident on January 12, 2014 near Trier-Föhren, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with 4 fatalities. Cause: BFU: the aircraft...
- Date: January 12, 2014
- Aircraft: Cessna 501 Citation I
- Location: Trier-Föhren, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: BFU: the aircraft probably flew a wrong vertical profile because of an erroneous selection on the navigation system; the pilot in command decided to fly a VFR approach despite instrument weather, and insufficient situational awareness meant the descent was not aborted in time, with insufficient crew resource management as a contributing factor.
A privately operated Cessna 501 Citation I/SP (N452TS) flew from Shoreham to Trier Fohren Airfield in Germany and crashed on 12 January 2014 while descending through fog toward the fog bound airfield. The aircraft flew very low in the valley, pulled up near a wooded escarpment, banked and disappeared into the fog, and then burst into fire on impact. All four occupants, two pilots and two passengers, were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.