Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 26 MAR 2000 |
| Time: | 08:40 CDT |
| Type: | Cessna 525 CitationJet |
| Operator: | Mike G. Rutherford |
| Registration: | N130MR |
| C/n / msn: | 525-0097 |
| First flight: | 1995 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 720 |
| Engines: | 2 Williams International FJ44-1A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Buda, TX (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Houston-Sugar Land Municipal Airport, TX (SGR), United States of America |
| Rutherford Ranch, TX, United States of America |
Approached a private airport in IMC. Impacted a tree approximately 4,000 feet from airport in an upright position and impacted the ground in an inverted position.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision to continue a visual approach in instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were the fog, drizzle, and low ceilings. " Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Houston-Sugar Land Municipal Airport, TX to Rutherford Ranch, TX as the crow flies is 227 km (142 miles).
Distance from Houston-Sugar Land Municipal Airport, TX to Rutherford Ranch, TX as the crow flies is 227 km (142 miles).
