Cessna 750 Citation X crash, Apr 1, 2023, Monmouth
Cessna 750 Citation X accident on April 1, 2023 near Monmouth, New Jersey, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilots lost directional control...
- Date: April 1, 2023
- Aircraft: Cessna 750 Citation X
- Location: Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilots lost directional control while landing in gusting wind, causing a runway excursion. Also contributing: the decision to land with a rapidly approaching severe thunderstorm (NTSB).
A Discovery Jets Cessna Citation X landing at Monmouth Executive lost directional control in gusts as a severe thunderstorm approached and ran off the left side of the runway. Both pilots were unhurt. The NTSB cited loss of control in gusts and the decision to land with the storm approaching.