Rockwell Grand Commander 690 crash, Sep 28, 2021 (3 killed)
Rockwell Grand Commander 690 accident on September 28, 2021 near Hiles, Wisconsin, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's failure to...
- Date: September 28, 2021
- Aircraft: Rockwell Grand Commander 690
- Location: Hiles, Wisconsin, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which caused the airplane to exceed its critical angle of attack and enter an inadvertent stall and spin.
A Rockwell 690 Turbo Commander on an aerial imagery survey of forest vegetation for the Wisconsin DNR stalled at altitude and entered a spin. It struck wooded wetland near Hiles in a nose low attitude at high speed, killing the pilot and two employees. No mechanical fault was found.