Cessna 500 Citation crash, Mar 24, 2017 (1 killed), Marietta
Cessna 500 Citation accident on March 24, 2017 near Marietta, Georgia, United States with 1 fatality.
- Date: March 24, 2017
- Aircraft: Cessna 500 Citation
- Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Cessna 500 Citation flown by a private pilot from Cincinnati toward Atlanta lost control after the pilot became confused with the GPS and was unable to fly the airplane without the autopilot. It descended below its assigned altitude and spiraled into a residential lawn in Marietta, Georgia, where a post crash fire followed. The pilot was killed.