Cessna 525 accident near Van Nuys, CA
On January 12, 2007, a Cessna 525 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Van Nuys, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 12, 2007
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 525 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.226°N, 118.494°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070123X00090
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 12, 2007, about 1107 Pacific standard time, a Cessna CitationJet CE-525, N77215, collided with the terrain shortly after takeoff from Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, California. Sunquest Executive Air Charter was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The airline transport pilot and the commercial certificated second pilot were killed; the airplane was destroyed by impact damage and post-crash fire. The local positioning flight was departing with a planned destination of Long Beach, California. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed. The airplane had been parked overnight on the ramp of Millionaire Aviation. Two ramp workers for Millionaire indicated that they put 190 gallons of fuel in each wing. Procedures at Millionaire did not allow engine start at the fuel pumps, so after the airplane was fueled, it was towed to the start up area. One of the ramp workers had known the first pilot for some time, and reported that the first pilot was in the left seat. He also noted that it took longer than normal for the airplane to start and request marshalling out of the ramp area (about 10 minutes). The other Millionaire worker reported that he fueled the left wing, and said that he conversed with the second pilot as he did so. He observed the second pilot open the left nose baggage door, and put one to three cases in the compartment. He informed the second pilot that he would have to move the airplane to a different location for start up. He ob
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during the initial climb resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin. Contributing to the accident were the second pilots inadequate preflight, failure to properly secure the front baggage door, and the front left baggage door opening in flight, which likely distracted the first pilot.
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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.
