Accident Cessna 501 Citation I/SP N70FJ, Saturday 15 March 2003

Date:	Saturday 15 March 2003
Time:	14:25
Type:	Cessna 501 Citation I/SP
Owner/operator:	Dancing Wind Aviation
Registration:	N70FJ
MSN:	501-0073
Year of manufacture:	1978
Total airframe hrs:	7120 hours
Engine model:	Williams International FJ44-2A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	28 km ESE of Carey, ID - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC)
Destination airport:	Hailey-Friedman Memorial Airport, ID (SUN/KSUN)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Cessna 501 jet departed Salt Lake City for a flight to Sun Valley at 13:40. Cruising altitude was FL350 from which the pilot initiated a descent at 13:59.
Because of poor weather at the destination, the pilot was instructed to enter a holding pattern near Oriye at 15,000 feet and prepare for an RNAV approach. The confirmation by the pilot, at 14:09, was the last contact with the flight. All attempts to contact the pilot failed though the plane was still visible on radar. Around 14:25 the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in muddy and mountainous terrain at an elevation of 5,630 feet.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot incapacitation for unknown reasons."

Accident investigation: