Rockwell Grand Commander 690 crash, May 5, 2024 (2 killed)
Rockwell Grand Commander 690 accident on May 5, 2024 near Palmyra, Virginia, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control after structural...
- Date: May 5, 2024
- Aircraft: Rockwell Grand Commander 690
- Location: Palmyra, Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control after structural icing led to in flight breakup (NTSB).
A Rockwell Commander 690 cruising at 20,000 feet on an IFR flight reversed course after reporting a lost autopilot, then broke up in flight and scattered wreckage along a debris path more than three miles long near Palmyra, Virginia. Both occupants died. The NTSB blamed loss of control after structural icing.