Narrative:
A Cessna 501 Citation I/SP was destroyed when it impacted Lake Percy Priest shortly after takeoff from Smyrna Airport, Tennessee (MQY). The pilot and six passengers were fatally injured.
The airplane departed at 10:53:06 and entered the clouds when making a climbing right turn to the east.
The airplane then began to descend, and air traffic control (ATC) asked the pilot to confirm altitude and heading. The pilot did not respond. After a second query from ATC, the pilot acknowledged the instructions. The airplane entered a climbing right turn from 1800 feet to 3000 feet. After ATC made several attempts to contact the pilot, the airplane entered a rapid descending left turn and impacted a shallow reservoir at a high rate of speed.
Weather at the time of the accident included a 1300 feet overcast.
Probable Cause: The pilots loss of airplane control during climb due to spatial disorientation.
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KMQY 291556Z 31010KT 10SM OVC013 14/12 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01390117
16:03 UTC / 11:03 local time:
KMQY 291603Z 30011KT 10SM OVC013 14/12 A3004 RMK AO2
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accident date: 29-05-2021
type: Cessna 501 Citation I
registration: N66BK
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 29 May 2021 |
| Time: | 10:55 |
| Type: |  Cessna 501 Citation I/SP |
| Operator: | JL&GL Productions LP |
| Registration: | N66BK |
| MSN: | 501-0254 |
| First flight: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4781 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Smyrna Airport, TN (MQY) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Smyrna Airport, TN (MQY/KMQY), United States of America |
| Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL (LNA/KLNA), United States of America |
A Cessna 501 Citation I/SP was destroyed when it impacted Lake Percy Priest shortly after takeoff from Smyrna Airport, Tennessee (MQY). The pilot and six passengers were fatally injured.
The airplane departed at 10:53:06 and entered the clouds when making a climbing right turn to the east.
The airplane then began to descend, and air traffic control (ATC) asked the pilot to confirm altitude and heading. The pilot did not respond. After a second query from ATC, the pilot acknowledged the instructions. The airplane entered a climbing right turn from 1800 feet to 3000 feet. After ATC made several attempts to contact the pilot, the airplane entered a rapid descending left turn and impacted a shallow reservoir at a high rate of speed.
Weather at the time of the accident included a 1300 feet overcast.
Probable Cause:
Probable Cause: The pilots loss of airplane control during climb due to spatial disorientation.
Accident investigation:
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METAR Weather report:
15:56 UTC / 10:56 local time:KMQY 291556Z 31010KT 10SM OVC013 14/12 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01390117
16:03 UTC / 11:03 local time:
KMQY 291603Z 30011KT 10SM OVC013 14/12 A3004 RMK AO2
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accident date: 29-05-2021
type: Cessna 501 Citation I
registration: N66BK
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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 Smyrna Airport, TN to Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1204 km (752 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
Distance from Smyrna Airport, TN to Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1204 km (752 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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