Cessna T303 accident near Mill Creek, IN
On November 14, 2006, a Cessna T303 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mill Creek, IN. 5 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 14, 2006
- Place
- Mill Creek, IN
- Aircraft
- Cessna T303 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.632°N, 86.518°W
- NTSB ID
- 20061117X01689
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 13, 2006, at 2003 (all times are eastern standard time unless noted), a Cessna T303, N611BB, collided with the terrain near Mill Creek, Indiana, following a loss of control while climbing to cruise altitude after takeoff. The private pilot and four passengers on board were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The 14 Code of Federal Regulation Part 91 flight was operating in instrument meteorological conditions aloft and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The flight originated from the South Bend Regional Airport (SBN), at 1956. The intended destination for the flight was the Ankeny Regional Airport (IKV), Ankeny, Iowa. The pilot departed the Atlantic Municipal Airport (AIO), Atlantic, Iowa, at 0502 central standard time (cst), on the day of the accident. He flew to IKV where he picked up passengers who were all employees of the same marketing company. The flight then departed at 0559 cst en route to SBN where it landed at 0854. Upon landing, the pilot instructed a line technician at the fixed base operator (FBO) to top off the airplane with fuel. The pilot waited in South Bend while the passengers attended a business meeting. A person who worked for the FBO stated the pilot and three passengers were preparing to depart when they received word that another employee's commercial flight had been cancelled. She stated the pilot and one of the passengers left to pick up that employee on the other side of the airport. She stated that when they returned, the pilot and all four passengers departed in the accident airplane.
Probable cause
The pilot became spatially disoriented and as a result failed to maintain control of the airplane. Factors associated with the accident were the instrument meteorological conditions aloft and the pilot being fatigued.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
