ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322988
Date: | Monday 2 September 2002 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 650 Citation VI |
Owner/operator: | CAAC Air Traffic Management Bureau |
Registration: | B-7023 |
MSN: | 650-0221 |
Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-3B-100S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 15 km from Xichang -
China
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | Xichang Airport (XIC/ZUXC) |
Destination airport: | Xichang Airport (XIC/ZUXC) |
Narrative:The Citation VI operated on a calibration flight to check the Xichang Airport (XIC) ILS of runway 36. While circling for another approach, the aircraft collided with the wooded slope of the mountain at a height of 2560 m which was shrouded in clouds. Airfield elevation is 1560 m and missed approach procedures call for a climb to an altitude of 2750 m before turning left.
Sources:
Flight Safety Foundation International
Scramble 284
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