Cessna 500 Citation crash, Oct 13, 2016 (4 killed), Kelowna
Cessna 500 Citation accident on October 13, 2016 near Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada with 4 fatalities. Cause: TSB A16P0186: cause not determined...
- Date: October 13, 2016
- Aircraft: Cessna 500 Citation
- Location: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: TSB A16P0186: cause not determined because no flight recording systems were on board; the most plausible scenario is spatial disorientation after takeoff during high single pilot workload, leading to departure from controlled flight.
A privately operated Cessna Citation 500 (C GTNG) departed Kelowna, British Columbia, on an IFR night flight to Calgary Springbank on 13 October 2016 with the pilot and three passengers aboard. After takeoff it drifted right of the departure track, climbed to about 8,600 ft, then entered a steep descending right turn and struck forested terrain. All four occupants were killed. The TSB (A16P0186) could not determine the cause because no flight recorders were fitted, but judged spatial disorientation during single pilot workload the most plausible scenario.