Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 26 MAR 2000 |
| Hora: | 08:40 CDT |
| Tipo: | Cessna 525 CitationJet |
| Operador: | Mike G. Rutherford |
| Registración: | N130MR |
| Numéro de série: | 525-0097 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1995 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 720 |
| Motores: | 2 Williams International FJ44-1A |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Buda, TX (Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Desconocido (UNK) |
| Naturaleza: | Ferry/Posicionado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Houston-Sugar Land Municipal Airport, TX (SGR), Estados Unidos de América |
| Rutherford Ranch, TX, Estados Unidos de América |
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. " Fuentes:
» 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).
