NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN92FA076
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
A LOSS OF CONTROL FOLLOWING FLIGHT INTO WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTAINING THUNDERSTORMS, TURBULENCE AND ICING CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE: INACCURATE WEATHER EVALUATION AND FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND.
Factual narrative
DURING A CROSS COUNTRY BUSINESS FLIGHT, WHICH WAS FILED AND FLOWN UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES, THE PILOT AND CONTROLLER HAD NUMEROUS COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING ROUTING AND WEATHER, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS CIRCUMNAVIGATING WEATHER AREAS. THE PILOT REPORTED ENTERING WHAT HIS STORMSCOPE SHOWED AS A 'CLEAR' AREA AFTER ENCOUNTERING RAIN AND MODERATE TURBULENCE AT TEMPERATURES CONDUCIVE TO STRUCTURAL ICING. THE CONTROLLER NOTED A 1,000 FOOT LOSS OF ALTITUDE FROM THE ASSIGNED CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 17,000 FEET, FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF ALTITUDE READOUT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM THE CONTROLLER'S RADAR SCOPE. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND NEAR THE LAST RADAR FIX. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED IN A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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- NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports 2022 · Accident report
Loss of Control on Takeoff in Icing Conditions — Citation 560XL
Cessna Citation 560XL fatal takeoff icing accident, March 2018. Investigation of a Citation 560XL loss-of-control takeoff accident in icing conditions.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Contractor Report (CR)
An Examination of Aviation Accidents Associated with Turbulence, Wind Shear and Thunderstorm
The focal point of the study reported here was the definition and examination of turbulence, wind shear and thunderstorm in relation to aviation accidents.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Observations of severe turbulence near thunderstorm tops
Data derived from the flight tapes of two airliners that experienced severe turbulence near thunderstorm tops are used to produce quantitative descriptions of the turbulence and its environment.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 · Faculty research project
Understanding the Coupled Interactions Between Hair-Like Micromechanoreceptors and Wall Turbulence
This research focuses on understanding the interactions between turbulent flows and long (high aspect ratio), flexible hair-like microstructures or micropillars inspired by those encountered in nature…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 · Journal article (IJAAA)
Significance of Incorporating Weather Technology Training for GA Pilots to Curb Fatalities
Weather is considered to be the main threat to aviation safety from the early 1900s. Despite advanced technologies available at present, the weather still poses a risk to the ever-growing aviation ind…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Proceedings
Operational evaluation of thunderstorm penetration test flights during project Storm Hazards '80
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is conducting a research project called Storm Hazards '80 in order to study the prediction, detectability and avoidance of the hazards of severe storm…
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