Cessna 560 Citation V crash, Dec 20, 2018 (4 killed), Atl...
Cessna 560 Citation V accident on December 20, 2018 near Atlanta-Fulton County-Brown Field, Georgia, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: NTSB:...
- Date: December 20, 2018
- Aircraft: Cessna 560 Citation V
- Location: Atlanta-Fulton County-Brown Field, Georgia, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: NTSB: Spatial disorientation after the pilot entered the cloud layer, leading to loss of control and impact with terrain.
A Cessna 560 Citation V departed Atlanta Fulton County Brown Field on an instrument flight into cloud on 20 December 2018. It climbed at a very high rate, lost airspeed, entered a steep descending turn, rolled inverted and hit terrain about 1 mile from the airport, killing all four people aboard. The NTSB found no airframe anomaly and attributed the crash to the pilot losing control after spatial disorientation.