Citation Crash

[AlbieF15]

Anyone know anything about a Citation crash in/around Iowa yesterday. Friend of a friend on board critically injured, 2 killed. Interested in phase of flight, weather, and any other info (not speculation) that might be out there...

 

[SLUF4]

there's some info on the FAA website..looks like a C-560. hope this helps some, though it isn't much

http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events02/media/01_636SE.txt

 

[charter dog]

Sorry to hear about that Albie. I hope your friend will be okay.

From faa.gov

07/19/20061605 CRESCO, IA 636SE C560 A DEST 2 ACFT ON LANDING, CRASHED INTO A CORN FIELD, THERE WERE FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, TWO WERE FATALLY INJURED AND TWO SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, CRESCO, IA

From fltplan.com

KCJJ ELLEN CHURCH FIELD CRESCO IA Time Zone: CT Lat: N 4321.9 Long: W 09208.0 Elev: 1279 Var: -02 Longest Runway: 2949

CJJ does not seem to have wx reporting available. Nearest airport I could find with wx reporting is DEH about 20 mile ESE of CJJ. The Texas A&M hisorical METAR site I use only goes back 48 hours. It was a little gusty a few hours after the accident. Unable to retrieve the official wx around the time of the accident.

Here is a local news story posted today for whatever it's worth.

Plane Crash Kills Two

By Mark Geary and KCRG-TV9 Staff

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CRESCO - A small, private jet crashed near the Cresco Airport late Wednesday morning, killing two pilots and putting two passengers in the hospital.

The plane had been headed from Oxford, Mississippi, to Rochester, Minnesota, and tried to land at the Cresco Airport. Instead, it skidded into a field and ended up smashing into the road, where it left a few pieces behind, and then went airborne. Then the plane jumped over the cornfield and crashed into some trees.

"It's a twin-engine plane. Pretty much everything is intact, except for the front of the cockpit area, which has been twisted around," said Howard County Chief Deputy Mike Miner.

The crash scattered pieces of the plane all over the highway. Federal aviation investigators are collecting all the debris and plan to analyze it in the coming weeks.

Sheriff's deputies believe weather may have played a role. Miner said, "We did have a storm front move through, and there was another storm front further to the west of us and to the north."

Locals agreed weather may have made flying difficult.

"When it first started, there was an awful lot of rumbling and stuff, and I was behind the grove, and I couldn't see. Then the lighting came and the rain started and it got really dark," said Chuck Bronner.

The two pilots who died in the crash were Clyde Lewis and William Eisner. Both were from Jackson, Mississippi.

The crash injured passengers Robert Allen Paulk of Theodore, Mississippi, and Johnny Fayard of Gulfport, Mississippi. They are being treated at regional hospitals.

The plane was owned by Tom Frist, U.S. Sen. Bill Frist's brother. Tom Frist had leased the plane to G&S Holdings of Mississippi, which was in the process of buying the plane.

Once again, sorry Albie.

Best,

 

[Cheebs501]

Seems like they could have picked a better airport to divert to. 2949' seems a little short for a 560.
I've landed a 550 on 3000 but only when the weather conditions were absolutely perfect.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KCJJ