Cessna 560 accident near Montebello, VA
On June 4, 2023, a Cessna 560 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Montebello, VA. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 4, 2023
- Place
- Montebello, VA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 560 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.922°N, 79.104°W
- NTSB ID
- 20230604192300
Official records · ERA23FA256
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Partial Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Air Traffic Control Sound Spectrum Data Specialist's Factual Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
On June 4, 2023, at 1523 eastern daylight time, a Cessna Citation 560 airplane, N611VG, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Montebello, Virginia. The airline transport pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to flight track records and individuals familiar with the airplane’s flight activity the day of the accident, the airplane’s first flight of the day originated from its home airport of Melbourne International Airport (MLB), Melbourne, Florida, at 1059. The accident pilot conducted the flight as a single pilot without passengers and subsequently landed at Elizabethton Municipal Airport (0A9), Elizabethton, Tennessee, at 1231. While at 0A9, 300 gallons of fuel were added to the airplane and the three passengers were picked up. The accident flight departed 0A9 at 1313, destined for Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), Ronkonkoma, New York. Review of FAA air traffic control audio recordings revealed that the pilot contacted the Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center shortly after takeoff and reported climbing through 9,300 ft mean sea level (msl) to 10,000 ft msl. The controller subsequently cleared the airplane to 23,000 ft pressure altitude and the pilot read back the clearance. At 1322, the pilot was handed off to another controller within Atlanta Center. The pilot contacted the controller, advising that the airplane was maintaining 23,000 ft. The controller cleared the airplane to 29,000 ft and the pilot read back the clearance. At 1325, t
Probable cause
Pilot incapacitation due to loss of cabin pressure for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s and owner/operator’s decision to operate the airplane without supplemental oxygen.
From Wikipedia
On June 4, 2023, a privately operated Cessna 560 Citation V carrying three passengers and a pilot crashed at approximately 3:23 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the George Washington National Forest, Virginia, United States, killing the occupants, after the crew had been found unresponsive. The plane had previously flown above the no-fly zone over Washington, D.C., and was intercepted by F-16 fighter jets before it crashed. The final report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), released on May 13, 2025, concluded the crew and passengers lost consciousness due to a depressurization of undetermined origin.
Text from Wikipedia, “2023 Virginia Cessna Citation crash”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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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.
